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The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholic-Protestant or the papist have…The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholick-Protestant or the papist have…
The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholic-Protestant or the papist have the surer faith being an answer to one of the oft canted questions and challenges of the papists, sent to one who desired this : published to direct the unskilful, how to defend their faith against papists and infidels, but especially against the temptations of the Devil, that by saving their faith, they may save their holiness, their comfort and their souls / by Richard Baxter.The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholick-Protestant or the papist have the surer faith being an answer to one of the oft canted questions and challenges of the papists, sent to one who desired this : published to direct the unskilful, how to defend their faith against papists and infidels, but especially against the temptations of the Devil, that by saving their faith, they may save their holiness, their comfort and their souls / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simons, 1672
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§. 5. II. To the Accidents and Extrinsic Conditions which go to make up Evidence, ⟨p. 32⟩it is necessary, 1. That the Object have a due Position or site. 2. That it have a due distance, neither too far off, nor too near; 3. And a due Medium (as the air is to the sight and hearing) 4. And a due abode or stay; For neither sense perceiveth motion perfectly swift, nor the Intellect things absolutely instantaneous, that have no Time of continuance.
§. 5. II. To the Accidents and Extrinsick Conditions which go to make up Evidence, ⟨p. 32⟩it is necessary, 1. That the Object have a due Position or site. 2. That it have a due distance, neither too far off, nor too near; 3. And a due Medium (as the air is to the sight and hearing) 4. And a due abode or stay; For neither sense perceiveth motion perfectly swift, nor the Intellect things absolutely instantaneous, that have no Time of continuance.
§. 6. Because Objective Certainty is Relative to Subjective, I must add what is necessary to that, I. On the part of sense, II. Of the Intellect.
I. To true sensible perception it is necessary, 1. That the sensitive faculty of the soul intend the business: Else the Organs will be as a Lute not touched: as we see in hard Students, that hear not the Clock at hand. 2. It is necessary that the spirits which are actuated in sensation be present and sufficient for their part. 3. It is necessary that the Organs be in a competent soundness. 4. It is necessary that it be the proper Organ that is used which agreeth with the object (not the eye to hearing, &c.) 5. That the sense be not oppressed by Impediments.