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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.
§. 28. M. S. 1. There is no way to Life but by Doing: It is not enough that the Law be not dishonoured, but it must be glorified.
An. Doing is a word of doubtful sense: It's one thing to Do all that the Law of Innocency required; and another thing to do all that the Law of Grace maketh necessary to life: It's one thing to Do all our selves, and another thing for a Mediator to merit Pardon and Life (to be given conditionally by a new Covenant) by Doing all in kind (and much more than all that we should have done) for us (though not in our persons). The way to Life now hath many parts, 1. Christ's perfect, habitual, active and passive Righteousness, (fulfilling the Law of Innocency, and the Law of Moses, and the peculiar Law of the Mediator,) to merit Pardon, Spirit, Adoption and Glory to be given by the New Covenant on its terms. 2. The said New Covenant as the donative Instrument and Law of Life, and Pardon, and Adoption by it. 3. Our doing or performing the Conditions of the New Covenant by Grace. But our personal Doing all according to the Law of Innocency ⟨p. 18⟩really or reputatively, to be justified by that Law, is none of the way of Life, which you think the only way. (And I hope we shall both meet there).
§. 39. M. S. It's clear as the light of the Sun, that their fundamental distinction is absurd, to make sinning and suffering equivalent to doing: because he that hath born the utmost penalty, hath done no more towards living, than he that never sinned or suffered: else Adam in Innocency should have been sentenced worthy of life. If a Servant instead of his Service steal, and restore it, he meriteth not his wages, &c.]