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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / 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.
33. God doth not change his Laws, because or when men err in their understanding of them: But whatever antecedently is commanded, he still commandeth though men think he forbiddeth it. And whatever he forbids he still forbiddeth, when men think that he forbiddeth it not or commandeth it.
34. The esse vel non esse is antecedent to the scire esse vel non esse: And when ever men ask, [How shall we know? or, who shall judge?] every man of brains will consider, that [either the thing really is, or it is not; which is to be known and judged of.]
35. The common cheat of the ignorant in all these kind of disputes is, by suppressing or overlooking the question do ess[…], and beginning with the question de scire vel judicare: and asking first, [who shall be the judge?]
35. The common cheat of the ignorant in all these kind of disputes is, by suppressing or overlooking the question do ess〈…〉, and beginning with the question de scire vel judicare: and asking first, [who shall be the judge?]
36. So some ask [what is our duty when one saith this is the truth, and another saith nay but that is the the truth?] Answ. It is antecedently true, that either this, or that, or neither is the truth] And (supposing it revealed to you) God bindeth you to believe that which really is the truth, whatever men say against it.