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Of justification four disputations clearing and amicably defending the truth against the unnecessary oppositions…
Of justification four disputations clearing and amicably defending the truth against the unnecessary oppositions of divers learned and reverend brethren / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
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.
by Faith, and that is only by Assent: and this is only by receiving his Word: that is, in Believing it to be True. 2. By other Graces; and those I think, you refer to the Wills receiving. Against this opinion I further allege, 1. Almost all Protestant Divines acknowledge faith to be the Act (or rather Acts) of both faculties, even Dr. Downame not excepted (and Ca••ro himself speaks sometime darkly) insomuch that Melanchthon, Joan▪ Cr•cius and many more make it the judgement of Protestants in opposition to Popery. And so doth Amesius in Bellarm. Enerv. though he judge it (as Camero) not accurate, in M•dul. l. 1. c. 3. sect 22. Yea he that though it must be but in one faculty, chooseth to place it only in the Will, and excludes Assent, as being called faith quia parit fidem. Excellent Davenant saith, Insactu fidei justifit antis Totu Anima se convertit ad causam justificantem. Determine. Q. 38. pag. 174. And again, Fides illa quam scriptura justificantem agnoscit, habet in se complicatum actum Voluntatis & Intellectus. Determine. Q. 37. pag. 166▪ ⟨p. 362⟩Again, Neque nobis absurdum sed valde consentaneum videtur, actum illum quo tota anima purificatur & Justificatur, ad Totam animam pertinere: ita ut in nudo intellectu habeat initium; in Voluntate complementum ibidem. Again, Quod Philosophantur Voluntatem & Intellectum esse duas potentias reipsa distinctas, dogma philosophicum est, ab omnibus haud receptum; & Theologicis dogmatibus firmandis aut infirmandis fundamentum minime idoneum▪ Idem ibid.
by Faith, and that is only by Assent: and this is only by receiving his Word: that is, in Believing it to be True. 2. By other Graces; and those I think, you refer to the Wills receiving. Against this opinion I further alledge, 1. Almost all Protestant Divines acknowledge faith to be the Act (or rather Acts) of both faculties, even Dr. Downame not excepted (and Ca••ro himself speaks sometime darkly) insomuch that Melancthon, Joan▪ Cr•cius and many more make it the judgement of Protestants in opposition to Popery. And so doth Amesius in Bellarm. Enerv. though he judge it (as Camero) not accurate, in Mdul. l. 1. c. 3. sect 22. Yea he that though it must be but in one faculty, chooseth to place it only in the Will, and excludes Assent, as being called faith quia parit fidem. Excellent Davenant saith, Insactu fidei justifit antis Totu Anima se convertit ad causam justificantem. Determin. Q. 38. pag. 174. And again, Fides illa quam scriptura justificantem agnoscit, habet in se complicatum actum Voluntatis & Intellectus. Determin. Q. 37. pag. 166