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The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…
The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter of their nonconformity against Mr. J. Cheney's answer called The conforming nonconformist, and The nonconforming conformist : to which is added the second part in answer to Mr. Cheney's Five undertakings / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1680
A DEFENCE OF THE NON-CONFORMIST'S Plea for Peace, AGAINST Mr. J. CH… › Chapter 18
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And as to this and their Causality Ex opere operato, Suarez saith, (de Legib. li. 9. c. 6. pag. 748. Col. 2. de Circumcis.) Nam etiam ipsa fides parentum erat conditio necessaria, & sine qua'non; & tamen de illa non dici potest quod gratiam daret Infanti ex opere operato, nec quod gratiam contineret; imò nec causa justificans parvulos dici potest, nisi latè aut improprio modo, sicut dicitur de quolibet remedio seu conditione sine qua non.] Whence he inferreth, that Circumcision did not justify Infants.
And as to this and their Causality Ex opere operato, Suarez saith, (de Legib. li. 9. c. 6. pag. 748. Col. 2. de Circumcis.) Nam etiam ipsa fides parentum erat conditio necessaria, & sine qua'non; & tamen de illa non dici potest quod gratiam daret Infanti ex opere operato, nec quod gratiam contineret; imò nec causa justificans parvulos dici potest, nisi latè aut improprio modo, sicut dicitur de quolibet remedio seu conditione sine qua non.] Whence he inferreth, that Circumcision did not justifie Infants.
And even Petr. à Sancto Joseph. saith (Thes. Univers. de Sacrament. pag. 93.) Sacramentum est signum sensibile Divinitùs institutum longo tempore durans, Sanctitatem aliquam, saltem EXTERNAM, conferens, & veram significans: Et pag. 101. Though with the highest he hold, that [Sacramenta novae legis conferunt gratiam, idque ex opere operato & immediate; duplicem scilicet; aliam respondentem dispositioni, aliam ipsi Sacramento, ⟨p. 52⟩cum antiqua adultis nullam conferrent nisi ratione dispositionis: Yet he saith, [Sacramenta novae Legis non producunt gratiam Physice sed Moraliter.]
And even Petr. à Sancto Ioseph. saith (Thes. Univers. de Sacrament. pag. 93.) Sacramentum est signum sensibile Divinitùs institutum longo tempore durans, Sanctitatem aliquam, saltem EXTERNAM, conferens, & veram significans: Et pag. 101. Though with the highest he hold, that [Sacramenta novae legis conferunt gratiam, idque ex opere operato & immediate; duplicem scilicet; aliam respondentem dispositioni, aliam ipsi Sacramento,