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Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and the latter times of his corporal pains and weakness.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden for B. Simmons, 1683
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§ 14. 2. Yet man being a Rational wight, is not taught by mere Instinct and Inspiration: And therefore this Effective Teaching of God doth ordinarily suppose a Rational, Objective, Organical Teaching and Knowledge. And the foresaid unlearned Christians are convinced by good evidence, that God's Word is true, and his Rewards are sure, though they have but a confused conception of this evidence, and cannot word it, nor reduce it to fit notions. And to drive these that have fundamental evidence, unseasonably and hastily to dispute their Faith, and so to puzzle them by words and artificial Objections, is but to hurt them, by setting the Artificial Organical lower part (which is the body of Knowledge) against the real Light and Perception of the Thing (which is as the Soul) even as carnal men set the Creatures against God, that should lead us to God; so do they by Logical Artificial Knowledge.
§ 14. 2. Yet man being a Rational wight, is not taught by meer Instinct and Inspiration: And therefore this Effective Teaching of God doth ordinarily suppose a Rational, Objective, Organical Teaching and Knowledge. And the foresaid unlearned Christians are convinced by good evidence, that God's Word is true, and his Rewards are sure, though they have but a confused conception of this evidence, and cannot word it, nor reduce it to fit notions. And to drive these that have fundamental evidence, unseasonably and hastily to dispute their Faith, and so to puzzle them by words and artificial Objections, is but to hurt them, by setting the Artificial Organical lower part (which is the body of Knowledge) against the real Light and Perception of the Thing (which is as the Soul) even as carnal men set the Creatures against God, that should lead us to God; so do they by Logical Artificial Knowledge.
§ 15. But they that are prepared for such Disputes, and furnished with all artificial helps, may make good use of them for defending and clearing up the Truth to themselves and others; so be it they use them as a means to the due end, and in a right manner, and set them not up against, or instead of the real and effective Light.