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The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard BaxterThe Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter
The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Daniel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.The Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Danel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1692
Protestant Religion Truly Stated, and Justified, &c. › The Four and Twentieth accused Point.
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2. None of them dare say, that this fore-knowledge of God was not from Eternity, but that he knew one day what he knew not before.
3. All that the Jesuits themselves say, is, that God decreed it upon this fore-knowledge, and that he hath a Scientia media, what will come to pass, positis quibusdam, if such and such things be done by man; and that this fore-knowledge in order of Nature is before the Decree, but both from Eternity. But Cardin Cameracensis (Petrus de Aliaco,) hath irrefragably confuted this imposing Priority and ⟨p. 100⟩Posteriority of act on God; tho' I think some Divine acts as denominated only Relatively from the order of Objects, may be so distinguished.
4. In all this, we say not, that God hath by his will and decree ordained from Eternity, (or in time) that men shall sin, or will and choose Evil, but only who shall be Damned for sin, which God never willed or caused, but foresaw; not as if he were an idle Spectator, but a willing suspender of his own acts, so far as to leave Sinners to their self-determining wills.