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,…

Mr. Wotton, Mr. Gataker, and abundance more, have long ago said much to confute your Error, besides Mr. Bradshaw, whom you name; But I add, I. I have before proved that by the deeds or sentence of the Law of Adam or Moses, no man can be justified: 1. He that hath sinned against it cannot be justified as not having sinned: For factum infectum fieri is impossible to God himself. 2. The Law that condemneth us doth not justify us. 3. What Paul, Rom. 3. & 4. frequently saith against Justification by the Law of Moses will hold here a fortiori: And Christ keeping Moses Law (as far as he was capable of Obligation) that also would else have been imputed, and so we should have been justified by that Law also; which the Scripture copiously denieth. He that saith, He hath no sin, deceiveth himself, and is a liar, and the truth is not in him. And the Law of Adam justifieth no man that hath sin.

Mr. Wotton, Mr. Gataker, and abundance more, have long ago said much to confute your Error, besides Mr. Bradshaw, whom you name; But I add, I. I have before proved that by the deeds or sentence of the Law of Adam or Moses, no man can be justified: 1. He that hath sinned against it cannot be justified as not having sinned: For factum infectum fieri is impossible to God himself. 2. The Law that condemneth us doth not justifie us. 3. What Paul, Rom. 3. & 4. frequently saith against Justification by the Law of Moses will hold here a fortiori: And Christ keeping Moses Law (as far as he was capable of Obligation) that also would else have been imputed, and so we should have been justified by that Law also; which the Scripture copiously denieth. He that saith, He hath no sin, deceiveth himself, and is a lyar, and the truth is not in him. And the Law of Adam justifieth no man that hath sin.

II. We did not fulfil it and merit in Christ: But Christ did in the Person of a Mediator, voluntarily undertaking it, on his Fathers terms, and not as our Instrument, or in our Persons. I have else-where given abundance of Arguments against that, which I must not here repeat. This Author took notice of my Objection, that he that is reputed perfectly Innocent and Obedient, is uncapable of Pardon, and needeth no satisfaction, or remitting, or rewarding Covenant, besides that which he kept, but answereth it not. This subverteth the Gospel and Religion. Quer. If there be no Reward nor Life but of Justice, and no Reward but for Christ's Merits, and all Believers equally merited in Christ, as fulfilling all the Law; 1. Whence cometh the inequality of Grace and Glory? 2. How come any Believers to be left long under sins and weakness of Grace, and temporal punishments?