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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.
Secondly, And its as obvious that Lord and Command do otherwise differ then Blood and Sacrifice; for Lord, as it signifieth principally a Proprietary, is toto caelo distinct from command, as standing in another series: And Lord as it signifieth a Rector, doth differ from Command, as the efficient from the effect; which is otherwise then as part of the matter doth from the whole informed.
Secondly, And its as obvious that Lord and Command do otherwise differ then Blood and Sacrifice; for Lord, as it signefieth principally a Proprietary, is toto caelo distinct from command, as standing in another series: And Lord as it signifieth a Rector, doth differ from Command, as the efficient from the effect; which is otherwise then as part of the matter doth from the whole informed.
It is no Argument against the truth which I maintain, that you cannot distinguish these.
Thirdly, If it be the office of a Lord to Rule; then you may well distinguish between the office and the work: But indeed in the first sense, Lord signifieth a Proprietary, and but in the second a Rulers Power; which is not always properly called an Office neither; no more then the Sovereign is properly an Officer.
Thirdly, If it be the office of a Lord to Rule; then you may well distinguish betwen the office and the work: But indeed in the first sense, Lord signifieth a Proprietary, and but in the second a Rulers Power; which is not alwayes properly called an Office neither; no more then the Soveraign is properly an Officer.