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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.
§. 26. It's true, that such Grace will not serve our turn to do that now in our lapsed state, which Adam could have done in Innocency (no, nor will all our effectual Grace yet reach it) that is, to have continued sinless: But it is incredible, that no common Grace of God now is as sufficient to the performance of the least good act (which is good but ⟨p. 164⟩secundum quid) as Adam's was to the fulfilling of all God's Law; and that the best unregenerate man is not able to do any better than he doth, or forbear some Evil that he doth, as well as Adam to have forborne all.
§. 26. It's true, that such Grace will not serve our turn to do that now in our lapsed state, which Adam could have done in Innocency (no, nor will all our effectual Grace yet reach it) that is, to have continued sinless: But it is incredible, that no common Grace of God now is as sufficient to the performance of the least good act (which is good but ⟨p. 164⟩secundum quid) as Adam's was to the fulfilling of all God's Law; and that the best unregenerate man is not able to do any better than he doth, or forbear some Evil that he doth, as well as Adam to have forborn all.
§. 27. At least, to the Regenerate such a Grace must be acknowledged: For though of the rest Jansenius will say, They do no good, because they love not God and goodness (and on the like reasons others will say, That the Regenerate do no good, because all hath sinful mixture or imperfection); yet he will not say so of the godly: And must we believe that no godly man can do any more good than he doth? and so, That he hath no merely sufficient Grace to any one act in all his life?
§. 27. At least, to the Regenerate such a Grace must be acknowledged: For though of the rest Iansenius will say, They do no good, because they love not God and goodness (and on the like reasons others will say, That the Regenerate do no good, because all hath sinful mixture or imperfection); yet he will not say so of the godly: And must we believe that no godly man can do any more good than he doth? and so, That he hath no meerlysufficient Grace to any one act in all his life?