A27059:112
Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of…
Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of original sin as from our nearer parents : written long ago for a more private use, and now published (with a preface) upon the invitation of Dr. T. Tully / by Richard Baxter.Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of original sin as from our neerer parents : written long ago for a more private use, and now published (with a preface) upon the invitation of Dr. T. Tullie / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Robert Gibbs, 1675
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Arg. 5. If man was made for God as his ultimate end, then was he made with Original Righteousness (or an holy inclination to love God): but man was made for God as his ultimate end: go. &c. The minor is certain: Though it be doubtful whether naturally man could know that he might enjoy God by immediate vision of his Glory; and also whether it should be in Heaven or on Earth, or where; and also whether he could obtain the beatifical vision without supernatural revelation and assistance; yet it was plain, that he was made for God as his end, that is, to please him, and to love him, and be beloved by him, and enjoy him according to his capacity: 1. Else it had been no duty of man by nature to intend God as his end, and to love him above all: 2. And ⟨p. 71⟩it had been no part of his sin or misery to take up short of God: which are false, as shall be showed. The major is proved thus: All the works of God are disposed for the attainment of their ends: go. so was man, and go. with Original Righteousness: for without Charity, (in the habit or inclination), and so without Original Righteousness, man had not been disposed to his end, but had been left in an unfitness, and indifferency, inclined no more to God than to any creature.
Arg. 5. If man was made for God as his ultimate end, then was he made with Original Righteousness (or an holy inclination to love God): but man was made for God as his ultimate end: go. &c. The minor is certain: Though it be doubtful whether naturally man could know that he might enjoy God by immediate vision of his Glory; and also whether it should be in Heaven or on Earth, or where; and also whether he could obtain the beatifical vision without supernatural revelation and assistance; yet it was plain, that he was made for God as his end, that is, to please him, and to love him, and be beloved by him, and enjoy him according to his capacity: 1. Else it had been no duty of man by nature to intend God as his end, and to love him above all: 2. And ⟨p. 71⟩it had been no part of his sin or misery to take up short of God: which are false, as shall be shewed. The major is proved thus: All the works of God are disposed for the attainment of their ends: go. so was man, and go. with Original Righteousness: for without Charity, (in the habit or inclination), and so without Original Righteousness, man had not been disposed to his end, but had been left in an unfitness, and indifferency, inclined no more to God than to any creature.