Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BT70 .B397 1675

And the Sub-operations ofMan' .c lfifd1. v1I. ofJanfenius his wayof reconciling Grace and Free-ri ill. i?, i. 10Ut after all there cometh anfenius) and juffly blaming Philofo- phy.as the great eccafion of our herefies and errours,'which miffed the Schoolmen, Jefuites and others, be gocth to Áunfíiné alone ( as Lombard thoughthe had well done before himq) and difgraceth lìis caufeby Paying thatAugufline firft taught it to the Church; ( as if . Grate had been unknown by the former ages :) Andbecaufe manywill notbe t the labour to know his mind by reading fo big a volume, I fhall briefly feleit what concerneththe matter in hand, and animadvert upon it. L His firft 'Tome defcribeth the: Herefieof Pelagine, wherein he provetit that Pelagine held all this that followeth concerning grace : . cc 1, TheRemiffionof fins, containing I. Converfion to God, Z. Tlïc 'c abfferfion of theblot and filth, 3. Reconciliation, or remiftion of Gods u offence, 4. And of theeternal punifhment. 5anfenites Aug. TO. t. i. 5. ccc. 22. p.126, 127. a 2. ThatPelagius owned the Infufion of habitual grace. And that cc God in Baptifm did blotout all fins,purge, cleanfc and expiate them, fave u and renew the foul, reftore nature, deliver from the bodyof this death, and cc from the contralled cuflomeoffinning: He held that Grace BothRegene- cc rate, Illuminate, cauleFaith, Juffifie, ( even Infants,) Sanétifie, make us cc newCreatures, incorporate us into Chrift as his members, give us the cc anointing of the Holy Ghoft, not only refforing us to the flare that we cc were in in Adam, but to abetter, and to be adopted Cons of God, and u faced, cap. 24. And 25. as to the Relativeeffeéts, that Grace Recon- cc cileth man to God, maketh him anadopted Son of God, and the Temple cc of the Holy Ghoft, an Heir of God, and co-heir with Chrift: So that cc they acknowledge not only Habitual Infufed Grace, but more even in "Baptifm : As alío theMiffingmotions of the fpirit to goodals, making cc them poffible. cc Alío that after Pope Zozymats had condemned the Pelagian, they u event further, and that theirdefign wasbut to lay mens falvation or daft- "nation on free-will. lib. 6. c. 7. &c. And when he cometh to charadterize Pelagius, he Both it as he doth elle- where the Proteftants, and as Malignants do Religious perlons, by pre- fumptions: viz, that he was indeed as Augufline faith, Temperate and of a good life, but fingular and very proud, (which heproved) by his opinion, and becaufe he was againft Swearing, and Paid,' cc that Gods feívants cc mouths fhould vent no bitter thing, but only that which is fweet ; and cc that Chriffians mutt be fo patient as readily to let go what is taken cc from them, and that gallantry andgay cloathing is contrary to God, and cc that enemies muff be loved as friends,and yet not believed, and that Riches cc mutt be forfaken, &c.) as holding nothingmean and moderate : that he cc of eded novelty ( and yet his errours were old, coming from Origen, cc Rnffnus, Palladites, Evagrius, 7ovinian and the Pl:ilofophers) that he cc affEted fame, admiration, hypocrite, pretending to more holinels than cc others, under the garb of poverty, &c. over-valued Reafon, Logick, cc Syllooifines, Philofophers, &c. All which I mention, not to abate any Nnnn mans

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