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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.
EXPLICATION.
1. That the habit of Faith doth not directly and properly justify, appears from the tenor of the Covenant: which is not [He that disposed to believe shall be saved] But [he that believeth.]
1. THat the habit of Faith doth not directly and properly justifie, appeares from the tenour of the Covenant: which is not [He that disposed to beleeve shall be saved] But [he that believeth.]
2. That Faith doth not properly justify through any excellency that it hath above other Graces, or any more useful property, ⟨p. 144⟩may appear thus: 1. Then the praise would be due to Faith. 2. Then love would contend for a share, if not a priority. 3. Then Faith would justify, though it had not been made the Condition of the Covenant.
2. That Faith doth not properly justifie through any excellency that it hath above other Graces, or any more usefull property, ⟨p. 144⟩may appear thus: 1. Then the praise would be due to Faith. 2. Then love would contend for a share, if not a priority. 3. Then Faith would justifie, though it had not been made the Condition of the Covenant.