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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.
512. 1. Not to Believe and Repent is no real entity: And not to Give faith and Repentance (as is said) is no real entity: And to Permit Infidelity and Impenitency is no real entity (as is proved:) And not to Decree the Giving of saith, and the hindering of unbelief is nothing: And (most clearly) besides these four nothings, nothing can be proved either existent or needful. All that cometh to pass, will come to pass without any more ado. Therefore.
512. 1. Not to Believe and Repent is no real entity: And not to Give faith and Repentance (as is said) is no real entity: And to Permit Infedelity and Impenitency is no real entity (as is proved:) And not to Decree the Giving of saith, and the hindering of unbelief is nothing: And (most clearly) besides these four nothings, nothing can be proved either existent or needful. All that cometh to pass, will come to pass without any more ado. Therefore.
513. As far as any mortal man can prove God hath no such Act of Reprobation at all, as is, 1. Either a Decree that a man shall not eventually Repent. 2. Or a Decree not to give him Repentance. 3. Or a Decree to Permit his Impenitence. 4. Nor can we prove an after Volition of his own former non Volition which is asserted by Scotus. But the three first we have great reason to lay by; and so not only to say as Davenant that this part of Reprobation is an Act negative quoad objectum, but that it is no Act, and there is no other Reprobation as to this part save, 1. Gods not decreeing to give faith, 2. And his not giving it.
514. 2. And as to Damnation, so much of it as consisteth in sin it self, God no otherwise causeth than as he doth all sin, which is properly, not at all; It being but the Act as an act which he causeth as the Cause of Nature, and not as sinfully qualified: and so no more decreeth this than other sin.