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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.
627. To prove that God willeth the existence of sin, he bringeth the instance of Joseph's case, Gen. 45. To which I say that the text saith not at all that God willed the Will or Act or Sin of Joseph's brethren; but only the Venditio passiva or effect and the consequents; Nay only the consequents are mentioned in the Texts: His replies to the answers prove no more than the five things which I before asserted about sin. Nothing so much deceiveth them, as not distinguishing between the sinful act, and the effect or passion, when they are called by the same name (as Selling, Killing, &c.)
627. To prove that God willeth the existence of sin, he bringeth the instance of Joseph's case, Gen. 45. To which I say that the text saith not at all that God willed the Will or Act or Sin of Joseph's brethren; but only the Venditio passiva or effect and the consequents; Nay only the consequents are mentioned in the Texts: His replyes to the answers prove no more than the five things which I before asserted about sin. Nothing so much deceiveth them, as not distinguishing between the sinful act, and the effect or passion, when they are called by the same name (as Selling, Killing, &c.)
628. His next instance is of Christs death, of which I said enough before: But 1. He understandeth his adversaries as ascribing only the Consequents ⟨p. 107⟩of Crucifixion to Gods will; which is his mistake: It is Crucifixion it self passivè sumpta which they ascribe to it (some of them at least.) And let men too wise against God deride it as much as they will, God can will and Love that Christ be Crucified, and yet hate and not will the will and act of the Crucifiers, but only foresee it, as aforesaid. And let them jeer God as Idle or asleep, if he neither will nor effectually nill the sin; we will believe it to be his perfection and liberty, which they so deride. 2. And whereas he addeth that Active Verbs are used as