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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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257. And this will lead the arrogant disputers to other enquiries no less difficult, Whether it be only or primarily the Proposition it self as ens rationis humanae or as the Thought of mans mind which God knoweth, or the res ab homine cognita, that is, futurition it self? And if the former, How God knoweth them to be True? If the latter, How he knoweth futurition?
258. And here inextricable difficulties will still arise before them, Whether to have the notion of futurity, be not a part of the Creatures imperfection? Whether God know not all things as present? Whether [Nothing] be properly Intelligible in it self? Whether it be not only Propositions de nihilo that are known, and not the ipsum nihil, (such as futurition is?) Whether to ascribe such knowledge of [Nothing] and such notions or propositions to God, be to ascribe perfection or Imperfection to him?
259. If we may or must say that God from eternity fore-knew our Propositions of future contingents, which are Conditional, yet we must not say or think that his knowledge quoad actum is conditional, so as that the Creatures 1state is the condition of Gods Knowledge in it self: But only that the object is a conditional proposition, speaking the Condition of the event fore-known: From which Gods Act is denominated conditional only denomination extrinsecâ, not as an Act, but as This act.
259. If we may or must say that God from eternity fore-knew our Propositions of future contingents, which are Conditional, yet we must not say or think that his knowledge quoad actum is conditional, so as that the Creatures 1