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Aphorisms of justification, with their explication annexed wherein also is opened the nature of…Aphorismes of justification, with their explication annexed wherein also is opened the nature of…
Aphorisms of justification, with their explication annexed wherein also is opened the nature of the covenants, satisfaction, righteousness, faith, works, &c. : published especially for the use of the church of Kidderminster in Worcestershire / by their unworthy teacher Ri. Baxter.Aphorismes of justification, with their explication annexed wherein also is opened the nature of the covenants, satisfaction, righteousnesse, faith, works, &c. : published especially for the use of the church of Kederminster in Worcestershire / by their unworthy teacher Ri. Baxter.
Hague: printed by Abraham Brown, 1655
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.
Perkins Vol. 1. p. 662. The true Gain.
And lest any should imagine, that the very act of Faith in apprehending Christ, justifieth, we are to understand, that Faith doth not apprehend by power from it self, but by virtue of the Covenant. If a man believe the Kingdom of France to be his, it is not therefore ⟨p. 327⟩his; yet if he believe Christ and the Kingdom of Heaven by Christ, to be his, it is his indeed; Not simply, because he believes, but because he believes upon commandment and promise: For in the tenor of the Covenant, God promiseth to impute the obedience of Christ to us, for our righteousness, if we believe.
And lest any should imagine, that the very act of Faith in apprehending Christ, justifieth, we are to understand, that Faith doth not apprehend by power from it self, but by vertue of the Covenant. If a man beleeve the Kingdome of France to be his, it is not therefore ⟨p. 327⟩his; yet if he beleeve Christ and the Kingdome of Heaven by Christ, to be his, it is his indeed; Not simply, because he beleeves, but because he beleeves upon commandment and promise: For in the tenour of the Covenant, God promiseth to impute the obedience of Christ to us, for our righteousness, if we beleeve.