The reduction of a digressor, or, Rich. Baxter's reply to Mr George Kendall's digression in his book against Mr Goodwin
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The reduction of a digressor, or, Rich. Baxter's reply to Mr George Kendall's digression in his book against Mr Goodwin
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Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
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London :: Printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill, at the Anchor and Bible in Pauls Church-yard near the little North-door, and Francis Tyton, at the three Daggers in Fleetstreet near Dunstans Church,
1654.
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"The reduction of a digressor, or, Rich. Baxter's reply to Mr George Kendall's digression in his book against Mr Goodwin." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76202.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 30, 2025.
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Author de Cardinalibus operibus Christi inter opera Cypriani Prolog. §. 3. p. 482.
Nec patitur ad liquidum se videri Divinitas, quam uti{que} investiga∣tio, fidelis aliquo modo adorat vel sentit: sed puram ejus essentiam nec conspicit, nec comprehendit: Affirmatio quippe de Dei essentia in promptu haberi non potest; ne{que} enim definibilis est Divinitas; sed
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verius sincerius{que} remotio indicat, negando quid non fit, quam Asseren∣do quid sit. Quoniam quicquid sensui subjacet, illud esse non potest quod omnem superat intellectum. Quicquid audiri, vel videri vel sciri potest, non convenit majestati; hebes est in hac consideratione omnis acies sensuum & caligat aspectus.—p. 483. §. 8. Et utinam me ip∣sum cognoscam & sciam! Quod si animae meae quae corporis mei obtinet principatum, nec originem scio, nec metior quantitatem, nec qualis sit intueri ••••fficio, si ignota est mihi ratio quare ipsa delectetur in corpore persecutore suo, &c. patienter me ferre oportet si operatorem universitatis non intelligo, qui in minimis operationum suarum particulis meam pro∣fiteor caecitatem.
Reade the rest of that Prologue excellently shewing how far God is known, and how far not.
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