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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
The First Part: OF THE NATURE, KNOWLEDGE, WILL AND DECREES of GOD,… › Section 12: Of Scientia Media.
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SECT. XII. Of Scientia Media.
255. After this Digression about our Will and Powers as the objects of Gods Knowledge and Decrees, I return to the Doctrine de Scientia Media. And that God knoweth from Eternity the truth of all conditional propositions that are true, is past all doubt, If we may suppose that God had eternal propositions. No doubt but he knoweth now that such propositions are true [If such Causes be put, they will or will not produce this or that as the effect.]
255. AFter this Digression about our Will and Powers as the objects of Gods Knowledge and Decrees, I return to the Doctrine de Scientia Media. And that God knoweth from Eternity the truth of all conditional propositions that are true, is past all doubt, If we may suppose that God had eternal propositions. No doubt but he knoweth now that such propositions are true [If such Causes be put, they will or will not produce this or that as the effect.]
256. But if it be an Imperfection to have mental propositions to know by, and God knoweth not by them, but only knoweth them as the instruments and way of humane knowledge, (For no doubt but he knoweth all that's ours,) Then it must be said that he had from eternity, but the foreknowledge of the Creatures conditional propositions. And who can well determine this?