A26864:332
Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression…
Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression of Mr. G. Kendall whereunto is added animadversions on a late dissertation of Ludiomæus Colvinus, aliaà Ludovicus Molinæs̳, M. Dr. Oxon, and an admonition of Mr. W. Eyre of Salisbury : with Mr. Crandon's Anatomy for satisfaction of Mr. Caryl.
London: printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill, 1654
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4. But what if all this had been left out, and you had proved the Moral Law, the only Rule of duty? doth it follow that therefore it is the only Rule? Sure it is not the only Rule of rewarding! For if you take the Moral Law, for the mere preceptive part of the Law of nature, then it is no Rule at all of rewarding; for it is the promise, and not the precept that doth make due the reward. And if you take the moral Law for the whole Law of nature, it is a very great Dispute whether it be Regula pramiandi at all; much more as to that great reward which is now given in the Law of grace by Christ (your self deny it, pag. 74.) I dare not say that if we had perfectly obeyed, Everlasting Glory in Heaven had been naturally our due. And for Remission of sin, and the Justification of a sinner, and such like, they are such mercies, as I never heard the Law of nature, made the only Rule of our right to them.
4. But what if all this had been left out, and you had proved the Moral Law, the only Rule of duty? doth it follow that therefore it is the only Rule? Sure it is not the only Rule of rewarding! For if you take the Moral Law, for the meer preceptive part of the Law of nature, then it is no Rule at all of rewarding; for it is the promise, and not the precept that doth make due the reward. And if you take the moral Law for the whole Law of nature, it is a very great Dispute whether it be Regula pramiandi at all; much more as to that great reward which is now given in the Law of grace by Christ (your self deny it, pag. 74.) I dare not say that if we had perfectly obeyed, Everlasting Glory in Heaven had been naturally our due. And for Remission of sin, and the Justification of a sinner, and such like, they are such mercies, as I never heard the Law of nature, made the only Rule of our right to them.
5. The same I may say of the Rule of punishment. The privation of a purchased, offered Remission and Salvation, is one part of the penalty of the new Law, of which the Moral Law can scarce be said the only Rule. (None of them that were bidden shall taste of the Supper.