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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.
564. 8. Much less do we take the Will from under the Power and Government of God: For, 1. It could have no self-determining Power but of God, one moment. 2. He giveth it this power, to make us capable subjects of Moral Sapiential Government. 3. He giveth us Governing Laws accordingly. 4. And he attaineth all his Ends and fulfilleth all his Will, as perfectly in consistency with our power and freedom as if we had none such at all: so that God hath his proper Will, whether men Will or not.
565. But the turning point of difficulty here is, Whether God is ever Causa partialis? and if we so make him, is it not injurious to his perfect operations? All our Controversies turn upon the decision of this one question. 1For if we may conceive of God, as Scotus speaketh, like one that draweth at the same Ship with another; and the act of both must concur to the effect; then all is easy, and we may say when men Love not God, repent not, believe not, &c. that God did his part, but the sinner did not his, and so the effect failed. As if a Father did resolve that he will help 2his little Child to lift up a weight, and will put to nine hundred ninety nine parts of the strength that is necessary, but no more, because the Child shall do something (one part) to show his willingness and obedience; Here if the thing be done, it is the Father that deserves nine hundred ninety nine parts of the praise: If it be undone, the Child only doth deserve the blame. But we have more to say.
565. But the turning point of difficulty here is, Whether God is ever Causa partialis? and if we so make him, is it not injurious to his perfect operations? All our Controversies turn upon the decision of this one question. 1For if we may conceive of God, as Scotus speaketh, like one that draweth at the same Ship with another; and the act of both must concurr to the effect; then all is easie, and we may say when men Love not God, repent not, believe not, &c. that God did his part, but the sinner did not his, and so the effect failed. As if a Father did resolve that he will help