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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.
So that in what respect is our righteousness less excellent? or who is the looser? Not the Father; Not the Mediator: All the question is of our selves: But that is only in point of our honour: It is acknowledged, that to the creature it would have been more honourable to have kept his innocency, then to have his disobedience satisfied for by another. But here consider these things, 1 Gods honour is to be preferred to ours. 2 And the Mediators advancement before our advancement. 3 It was the very design of God in the Gospel way of our salvation to take down our honour, that the creature might not glory in it self, but all might be acknowledged to free grace: And shall we ⟨p. 297⟩think it a wrong, if we have not a righteousness as honourable to our selves as that which we lost? 4 Our happiness will be greater though our honour will be less: For we shall have a far greater glory. And that is better then mere honour. 5 Yea we shall have more honour then we lost: A real honour of being the sons of God, and members of Christ, and heirs of glory: And this is greater then the honour of our perseverance would have been. Only this being all freely given redoundeth to the giver: but still the real honour and happiness we enjoy therefore is it the everlasting work of Saints, to praise the Lamb who hath redeemed them out of a•l nations, and made them Kings and Priests to God; which implieth an acknowledgement of their former disobedience and misery, (and so taking dishonour to themselves) and yet the greater glory to Christ, and happiness to them.
So that in what respect is our righteousnesse lesse excellent? or who is the looser? Not the Father; Not the Mediatour: All the question is of our selves: But that is onely in point of our honour: It is acknowledged, that to the creature it would have been more honourable to have kept his innocency, then to have his disobedience satisfied for by another. But here consider these things, 1 Gods honour is to be preferred to ours. 2 And the Mediatours advancement before our advancement. 3 It was the very design of God in the Gospell way of our salvation to take down our honour, that the creature might not glory in it self, but all might be acknowledged to free grace: And shall we ⟨p. 297⟩think it a wrong, if we have not a righteousnesse as honourable to our selves as that which we lost? 4 Our happinesse will be greater though our honour will be lesse: For we shall have a far greater glory. And that is better then meer honour. 5 Yea we shall have more honour then we lost: A reall honour of being the sons of God, and members of Christ, and heirs of glory: And this is greater then the honour of our perseverance would have been. Onely this being all freely given redoundeth to the giver: but still the reall honour and happinesse we enjoy therefore is it the everlasting work of Saints, to praise the Lamb who hath redeemed them out of al nations, and made them Kings and Priests to God; which implyeth an acknowledgement of their former disobedience and misery, (and so taking dishonour to themselves) and yet the greater glory to Christ, and happinesse to them.