A90286:52
A review of the annotations of Hugo Grotius, in reference unto the doctrine of…
A review of the annotations of Hugo Grotius, in reference unto the doctrine of the deity, and satisfaction of Christ. With a defence of the charge formerly laid against them. / By John Owen D.D.A review of the annotations of Hugo Grotius, in reference unto the doctrine of the deity, and satisfaction of Christ. With a defence of the charge formerly laid against them. / By Iohn Ovven D.D.
Oxford: printed by H. Hall. printer to the University for Thom. Robinson, 1656
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That the word of God being all and every part of it of equal truth, that doctrine which is founded on five places of Divine writ; must by all Christians be acknowledged to be as irrefragably confirmed, as an 100 express places would be conceived to confirm it.
That the word of God being all and every part of it of equall truth, that doctrine which is founded on five places of Divine writ; must by all Christians be acknoledged to be as irrefragably confirmed, as an 100 expresse places would be conceived to confirme it.
Ans. It is confessed, that not only five, but any one express Text of ⟨p. 19⟩Scripture, is sufficient for the confirmation of any divine truth. But that five places have been produced out of the Annotations by the Apologist for the confirmation of the great truth pleaded about, is but pretended, indeed there is no such thing. The Charge on Grotius was, that he had depraved all but one; if that be no crime, the defence was at hand; if it be, though that one should be acknowledged to be clear to that purpose, here is no defence against that which was charged, but a strife about that which was not. Let the places be consulted, if the assertion prove true, by an induction of instances, the Crime is to be confessed, or else the charge denied to contain a crime: but
Ans. It is confessed, that not only five, but any one expresse Text of ⟨p. 19⟩Scripture, is sufficient for the confirmation of any divine truth. But that five places have been produced out of the Annotations by the Apologist for the confirmation of the great truth pleaded about, is but pretended, indeed there is no such thing. The Charge on Grotius was, that he had depraved all but one; if that be no crime, the defence was at hand; if it be, though that one should be acknowledged to be clear to that purpose, here is no defence against that which was charged, but a strife about that which was not. Let the places be consulted, if the assertion prove true, by an induction of instances, the Crime is to be confessed, or else the charge denied to contain a crime: but