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Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who,…Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who,…
Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1675
THE Second Part. OF GODS GOVERNMENT, AND MORAL WORKS. › A PREMONITION.
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.
An. 1. By the merit of his habitual, active and passive, that is, of his performing all his mediatorial Covenant with the Father, we are pardoned, and justified, and adopted to eternal life, principally as a Reward to Christ (not to us as meriting by him) and subordinately, according to Gospel-Justice or Order, as a Reward to Believers for their Faith and Obedience; by him who will Reward every man according to his Works, and will be glorified in his Saints, and admired in Believers, because they believed, 2 Thess. 1. 6, to 12. We are under Gods approving Will, principally as united to Christ, reconciled, justified, adopted; and subordinately as sanctified and obedient. For the Father loveth us, because we have loved Christ and believed, Joh. 16. 27. And it is life eternal to know the Father and the Son, Joh. 17. 3. And because we do those things that are pleasing in his sight, what-ever we ask we receive, 1 Joh. 3. 22.
§. 30. M. S. By Christs imputed suffering we are but where we were: For the Law to have nothing against us will not justify us, unless it have something for us.
§. 30. M. S. By Christs imputed suffering we are but where we were: For the Law to have nothing against us will not justifie us, unless it have something for us.
An. This great question needeth distincter handling: Adam's Law doth not justify us, but condemn us, nor Moses's neither; nor any but the Law of Grace. Your foundation is unsound. 2. The imputing of Christ's Suffering, is not Gods Language, but your own, and may be well or ill understood. 3. If the Law have nothing against us, it hath no Sin of Omission against us: Therefore not our omission of Love and Obedience. And then we are reputed such as had perfect Love and Obedience. 4. But indeed it is not so. By the deeds of the Law no Flesh can be justified: The Law still hath this against us, that we have sinned; which he that denieth is called a Liar,