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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.
2. If Works be not then considered as part of the Condition; how then? 1. Not as the Righteousness which the Law requireth: For so shall no man living be justified in the sight of God, Rom. 3. 20. Psa. 143. 2. 2. Not as a mere sign whereby God doth discern mens faith: For he seeth it immediately and needeth no sign, 3. Not as a mere sign to satisfy the justified person himself: For 1. There is no such intimation in the Text. 2. Then it should be no further useful then men remain doubtful of their sincerity. 3. The godly then know the sincerity of their Faith. 4. Neither is the business of that Day, to satisfy the doubting about the sincerity of their Faith, by Arguments drawn from their former works: But to judg and justify them, and so put them out of doubt by the Sentence, and by their Glory.
2. If Works be not then considered as part of the Condition; how then? 1. Not as the Righteousness which the Law requireth: For so shall no man living be justified in the sight of God, Rom. 3. 20. Psa. 143. 2. 2. Not as a meer sign whereby God doth discern mens faith: For he seeth it immediately and needeth no sign, 3. Not as a meer sign to satisfie the justified person himself: For 1. There is no such intimation in the Text. 2. Then it should be no further usefull then men remain doubtfull of their sincerity. 3. The godly then know the sincerity of their Faith. 4. Neither is the business of that Day, to satisfie the doubting about the sincerity of their Faith, by Arguments drawn from their former works: But to judg and justifie them, and so put them out of doubt by the Sentence, and by their Glory.
4. But the common opinion is, That it is to satisfy the condemned World of the sincerity of the Faith of the godly. But this cannot stand with the Truth: For 1. It is clearly expressed a ground or reason of the Sentence. 2. And to the Consolation & Justification of the justified: and not to the satisfaction or conviction of others only or chiefly.