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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.
The second Argument which you answer, lieth thus. If Faith be the work of the Heart and the whole Heart, then it is not only in the Understanding, but in the Will also. But the former is the words of Scripture, Act. 8.37. Rom. 10.10. Ergo, &c.
The second Argument which you answer, lyeth thus. If Faith be the work of the Heart and the whole Heart, then it is not only in the Understanding, but in the Will also. But the former is the words of Scripture, Act. 8.37. Rom. 10.10. Ergo, &c.
Here you answer that [the whole heart notes not every inward faculty, but (as often) sincerity.] To which I Reply, 1. The word [whole] I yield to Illyricus signifies the sincerity, which is usually expressed by Integrity, but the word [Heart] signifies the subject; and is commonly taken for the Will, and oft for the whole soul, Understanding and Will, (as most Fathers, Schoolmen and Divines judge in the Point, though the two former placed too much of it in the Assent:) but where and how oft do you find the word [Heart] used for the sole Intellect? I pray show the place. 2. The proverbial speech [with all the Heart] is not used in Rom. 10.10. but only subject barely expressed: with the Heart man believeth to Righteousness.
Here you answer that [the whole heart notes not every inward faculty, but (as often) sincerity.] To which I Reply, 1. The word [whole] I yield to Illyricus signifies the sincerity, which is usually expressed by Integrity, but the word [Heart] signifies the subject; and is commonly taken for the Will, and oft for the whole soul, Ʋnderstanding and Will, (as most Fathers, Schoolmen and Divines judge in the Point, though the two former placed too much of it in the Assent:) but where and how oft do you find the word [Heart] used for the sole Intellect? I pray shew the place. 2. The proverbial speech [with all the Heart] is not used in