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A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…
A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1655
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A SERMON Of Judgement, Preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord… › Part 9
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The three and twentieth Excuse. I have heard from learned men, that God doth determine all Actions Natural and Free, as the first efficient Physical Immediate Cause; or else nothing could Act. And then it was not long of me that I choose forbidden Objects, but of him that irresistibly moved me thereto, and whose Instrument I was.
Answ. This is a trick of that wisdom which is foolishness with God, and to be deceived by vain Philosophy.
1. The very principle it self is most likely to be false, and those that tell you this, to err. Much ⟨p. 148⟩more, I think, may be said against it then for it.
2. I am sure it is either false, or reconcilable with Gods Holiness, and mans liberty and culpability; so that its a mad thing to deceive your selves with such Philosophical uncertainties, when the Truth which you oppose by it is infallibly certain. That God is not the Author of sin, but man himself, who is justly condemned for it, is undoubtedly true: and would you obscure so clear a Truth, by searching into points beyond humane reach, if not unsound, as you conclude them?