A26923:39
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.
§. 7. V. God is to be conceived of in relation to the Creation in general, as OF HIM, and THROUGH HIM, and TO HIM are all things: As He is the Divine Efficient, the more than Constitutive, and the final Cause of all.
§. 8. VI. He is especially to be conceived of in his Relations to the Reasonable Creatures, as their absolute Owner, supreme Ruler and chief Benefactor and amiable attractive Good and End.
§. 9. VII. He is especially to be conceived of •s related to Man; As our Creator and Conserver, as the God of Nature. 2. As our Redeemer by Christ and the God of Grace. 3. And as our Perfecter by his Spirit, and the God of Glory: And as related to his Kingdom of Nature, Grace and Glory.
§. 10. VIII. He being without Passivity a pure Act, must be conceived of, as, 1. In virtute seu potentia Activa. 2. In his Acts objectively immanent, 1. Self-living, 2. Self-knowing, 3. Self-loving. 3. In ⟨p. iv⟩his transient Acts or Works, considered both ex parte agentis, and as the Effects.