A26923:263
An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches
An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches by reconciling explication without much disputing. Written by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1691
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.
§. 2. God will convert, justify, adopt and save some men, by his Grace.
§. 2. God will convert, justifie, adopt and save some men, by his Grace.
§. 3. Therefore it is certain that God from Eternity did will or decree so to do: For the event in time, maketh it fit so to denominate God's etern• will: Though there was nothing before the Creation really but God; and so real existent Man was not the Object of his Will; and Man in esse cognito, was nothing but God himself, there being nothing else from Eternity (except as Eternity comprehendeth Time.)
§. 4. In the same manner as God bringeth men to Grace and Glory, he willeth or decreeth to do it: For his Decree to do it, is no real Act of God distinct from his Essence; but it is his simple essential will denominated from the effect related to it. Therefore the Controversies about Election ⟨p. 37⟩•re resolved into those about the giving of Grace •nd Salvation; and there will be clearlier opened.
§. 4. In the same manner as God bringeth men to Grace and Glory, he willeth or decreeth to do it: For his Decree to do it, is no real Act of God distinct from his Essence; but it is his simple essential will denominated from the effect related to it. Therefore the Controversies about Election ⟨p. 37⟩•re resolved into those about the giving of Grace nd Salvation; and there will be clearlier opeed.