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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.
592. And you will here plainly see that God hath many ways to Cause the effect without willing or Causing the sin. As for instance, 1. He can do it by adding (as I said before) a good act to the sinners bad one. As when Caiaphas is willing to kill Christ, God can put into Caiaphas's 1thoughts, the jealousy of the Romans over the Jews, and the visible danger they are in if they should be thought to have another King: which thoughts in themselves are true and good: So he can put into Pharaoh's thoughts the loss of the Israelites service, which was not sinful of it self.2
592. And you will here plainly see that God hath many wayes to Cause the effect without willing or Causing the sin. As for instance, 1. He can do it by adding (as I said before) a good act to the sinners bad one. As when Caiaphas is willing to kill Christ, God can put into Caiaphas's 1thoughts, the jealousie of the Romans over the Jews, and the visible danger they are in if they should be thought to have another King: which thoughts in themselves are true and good: So he can put into Pharaoh's thoughts the loss of the Israelites service, which was not sinful of it self.2
- 1De hoc vid. Ockam ubi supra.
- 2The wise Reader that can impartially receive truth without respect of persons, may find much in Episcopii Institut. Theol. li. 4. sect. 4. de provident. in his answering all these Texts of Scripture, as mis-expounded by some. And his moderate opinion expressed in Conclus. 2. in the end of that Section, how far doctrines are or are not damning which subvert the foundation, is laudable, and his reason very good and clear, (viz. so far as they actually prevail with the will and practice: Even as our faith is saving as effectual and practical, and not as a dead opinion, so is error damning.) I think as he doth.