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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.
597. Suppose a King that hath made Laws against Murder foreknow that a Robber is waiting in such a Road for a prey, and that a Traitor broke out of Prison will go that way, and so will be robbed and killed, He may will or desire the Death of the Traitor as a punishment; He may restra•• some that would travail that way before him; and may restrain some that would lay hold on the Robber, or drive him away, that so this Traitor may be killed: And yet only Permit, and not Will at all, the Robbers Will or Ac• as it is Agentis, but punish him for it, and hate it, and Will only the effect.
597. Suppose a King that hath made Laws against Murder forekno• that a Robber is waiting in such a Road for a prey, and that a Traytor broke out of Prison will go that way, and so will be rob'd and kill'd, He may will or desire the Death of the Traytor as a punishment; He may restra•• some that would travail that way before him; and may restrain some that would lay hold on the Robber, or drive him away, that so this Traytor may be killed: And yet only Permit, and not Will at all, the Robbers Will or Ac• as it is Agentis, but punish him for it, and hate it, and Will only the effect.
598. The next Text cited is, 1 Pet. 2. 8. Whereunto also they were appointed (viz. to stumble on the rock of offence.) Resp. 1. This hath respect to Luke 2. 34. [he is set for the fall of many, &c.] and of Christs own words, that he that falleth on this stone shall be broken in pieces. And no more can hence be gathered, but that God hath decreed that as a Punishing Judge, 1. He will leave the rejecters of Christ to go on i• their own sinful way, 2. And that their opposition to him shall be the ruin. So that 1. He doth not speak this of any but the rejecters of Christ that deserved it. 2. He speaketh not at all as willing their sin, but only as one that penally denieth them further grace. 3. But the thing that he is said to Ordain them to, is not sin, but Ruin the consequent of their sin: The word [stumbling and falling] signifying their distraction.