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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
10. That God is the first and chief, or any proper cause of sin; or that God doth by efficient premotion as the first cause predetermine every mans mind, will, tongue and members, to every forbidden act that is done, as it is determined to and specified by the object with all its forbidden circumstances and modes: and so to every lie, perjury, hatred of God and goodness, murder, &c. that is committed.
10. That God is the first and chief, or any proper cause of sin; or that God doth by efficient premotion as the first cause predetermine every mans mind, will, tongue and members, to every forbidden act that is done, as it is determined to and specifyed by the object with all its forbidden circumstances and modes: and so to every lie, perjury, hatred of God and goodness, murder, &c. that is committed.
11. That God ruleth the world only as an engine by physical motion, and doth not rule any free agents by moral means as precepts, prohibitions, promises, &c. in any acts, saving as these are parts of his physically necessitating motion.
12. That God may or ever doth lie; or by his inspiration, or his works of nature or providence, necessitate innocent persons de facto, or oblige any as a duty, to believe that which is false.