A27004:520
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural…
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural evidence the being of God ... : the second part, of Christianity, proving by evidence supernatural and natural, the certain truth of the Christian belief ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; also an appendix defending the soul's immortality against the Somatists or Epicureans and other pseudo-philosophers.
London: printed by R. White for Fran. Titon, 1667
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 reason of the major Proposition is, Because to be the ultimate end, and to be maxim amatum, is all one▪ Finis quaerentis ⟨p. 83⟩hath respect to the Means of attainment, and is that cujus amore media eliguntur & applicantur. This God is not capable of, (speaking in propriety) because he never wanteth his End. Finis fruitionis is that which amando fruimur; which we love complacentially in full attainment: And so God doth still enjoy his end: and to have it in Love is to enjoy it.
The reason of the major Proposition is, Because to be the ultimate end, and to be maxime amatum, is all one▪ Finis quaerentis ⟨p. 83⟩hath respect to the Means of attainment, and is that cujus amore media eliguntur & applicantur. This God is not capable of, (speaking in propriety) because he never wanteth his End. Finis fruitionis is that which amando fruimur; which we love complacentially in full attainment: And so God doth still enjoy his end: and to have it in Love is to enjoy it.
The Minor is past controversy.
The Minor is past controversie.
Obj. But if God have not finem quaerentis, then in every instant he enjoyeth his end: and if so, then he useth no means at all: for what need any means be used for that end, which is not sought but still enjoyed. And consequently, where there is no means there is no end.