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Three treatises tending to awaken secure sinners
Three treatises tending to awaken secure sinners by Richard Baxter.
London : To be sold by John Rothwell ..., 1656
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.
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 ⟨p. 243⟩be false, and those that tell you this, to err. Much 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?
2. I am sure it is either false or reconcileable with Gods Holiness, and mans liberty and culpability; so that its a mad thing to deceive yeur selves with such Philosophical uncertain•ies, 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 homane reach if not unsound, as you conclude them?