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Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who,…Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who,…
Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1675
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Yea, you deny all Religion, all the Kingdom of Christ, all Law, all Judgement, all Retribution, Heaven and Hell, all the true difference between Good and Evil, Holiness and Sin, all Praise and Dispraise, while you deny the Reward and Rewardableness of holy obedience by the Paternal Government of the Law of Grace: and that glory, honour and peace is to every one that doth good, both Jew and Gentile, Rom. 2. 7, 10.
Lib. You would persuade us that holiness is good for nothing, if it be not Rewardable; as if you knew of no other use of it; so ignorant are natural men of the things of God which are spiritually discerned: I will tell you that which your carnal mind cannot understand; 1. Holiness, Faith, Love, Obedience, &c. are Gods free Gifts, excellent in themselves without a Reward: 2. They are Fruits of the Spirit, and marks and signs of our future felicity, though they deserve it not. 3. I told you that they are Rewards to Christ, and Gifts to us.
Lib. You would perswade us that holiness is good for nothing, if it be not Rewardable; as if you knew of no other use of it; so ignorant are natural men of the things of God which are spiritually dis•erned: I will tell you that which your carnal mind cannot understand; 1. Holiness, Faith, Love, Obedience, &c. are Gods free Gifts, excellent in themselves without a Reward: 2. They are Fruits of the Spirit, and marks and signs of our future felicity, though they deserve it not. 3. I told you that they are Rewards to Christ, and Gifts to us.
P. 1. That they are Gods Gifts we doubt not: But are not Faith, Love and Obedience also the Acts of man by that Grace which is the gift of God?