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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.
Though▪ many great Divines do so distinguish between Justitiam personae, & Justitiam meriti, as that the former is only a preparatory to the latter; yet I cannot see any reason but the same obedience of Christ to the whole Law may be both personal and meritorious, (of the righteousness of the Divine nature, or the habitual righteousness of the humane nature, I do not now dispute.) Therefore I do not mean that all Christs personal righteousness was only preparatory to his satisfaction and merit, when I speak of his being furnished with a personal Righteousness, though I confess I was long of that judgement. See more after at pag. 45.
Though▪ many great Divines do so distinguish between Iustitiam personae, & Iustitiam meriti, as that the former is only a preparatory to the latter; yet I cannot see any reason but the same obedience of Christ to the whole Law may be both personall and meritorious, (of the righteousnesse of the Divine nature, or the habituall righteousnesse of the humane nature, I do not now dispute.) Therefore I do not mean that all Christs personall righteousnesse was only preparatory to his satisfaction and merit, when I speak of his being furnished with a personall Righteousnesse, though I confesse I was long of that judgement. See more after at pag. 45.
(6.) The undertaking of the Son of God to satisfy, was effectual before his actual satisfying: As a man that makes a purchase, may take possession and enjoy the thing purchased upon the mere bargain made, or earns paid, before he have fully paid the sum. To this purpose most understand that in Rev. 13. 8. whose names were not written in the book of life, of the lamb slain from the foundation of the World: But I doubt not but Weemse his interpretation is the plain truth; that the words [from the foundation of the World] have reference to the writing of their names in the book of Life, and not to the slaying of the Lamb, as being thus to be read, whose names were not written in the book of life of the slain Lamb, from the foundation of the World. It hath the same sense with