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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
Whether Works are a Condition of Justification? And so whether we a… › Part
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Preface. [My Reverend Brother saith, He vehemently disclaimeth all Causality of works in Justification: surely his meaning is all Proper causal efficiency, and so did I in the stating of it: But to deny Causality in a large sense, is to contradict himself.
Answer. If so, what hope of Justice? Must I in paper after paper disclaim all true Causality, and will you not only persuade the world of the contrary, but persist in it, whether I will or not, and say I mean a [proper causal efficiency] Reader, I have no other remedy left, but to advise thee, that if yet after this it be affirmed the next time that I disclaim not all true causality, or mean not as I say, thou believe not the affirmation.
Answer. If so, what hope of Justice? Must I in paper after paper disclaim all true Causality, and will you not only perswade the world of the contrary, but persist in it, whether I will or not, and say I mean a [proper causal efficiency] Reader, I have no other remedy left, but to advise thee, that if yet after this it be affirmed the next time that I disclaim not all true causality, or mean not as I say, thou believe not the affirmation.
Preface. [For in his Aphoris. 74. Thes. They both, viz. Faith and Works justify in the same kind of causality, or mediate it (should be media,) and improper causes, or as Dr. Twiss causae dispositivae, but with this difference, Faith as the principal, Obedience as the less principal. Here is causality, though improper; Here is a causa dispositiva: and yet shall I be blamed after I had removed Efficiency and Merit?
Preface. [For in his Aphoris. 74. Thes. They both, viz. Faith and Works justifie in the same kind of causality, or mediate it (should be media,) and improper causes, or as Dr. Twiss causae dispositivae, but with this difference, Faith as the principal, Obedience as the less principal. Here is causality, though improper; Here is a causa dispositiva: and yet shall I be blamed after I had removed Efficiency and Merit?