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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
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.
45. Christ is said to be made sin for us, in that he was made a Sacrifice for sin: But never was a Sinner indeed, or in Gods esteem: For God judgeth not falsely: Nor did he ever take to himself the Guilt of fact, or fault in it self, but the punishment and the guilt only in relation to punishment; the Reatum poenae, non culpae qua talis. But if any will call the Reatum poenae by the name of Reatum eulpae quoad poenam tantum, because of the relation and connotation, I strive not against the Name, so we agree of the thing: But safest words are best; especially seeing that obligatio ad poenam is it that is most usually and eminently called guilt: But Christ never undertook to be reputed of God one that was truly and formally wicked or a sinner; but only one that was a sponsor who consented to suffer for Sinners, that they might be delivered. And they are ill words of them that say, Christ was by imputation the most wicked man, the greatest Thief, Adulterer, Murderer, or Sinner in the world; Though such men may mean well, it were better speak in the Scripture phrase, and not so far overgo it.
45. Christ is said to be made sin for us, in that he was made a Sacrifice for sin: But never was a Sinner indeed, or in Gods esteem: For God judgeth not falsly: Nor did he ever take to himself the Guilt of fact, or fault in it self, but the punishment and the guilt only in relation to punishment; the Reatum poenae, non culpae qua talis. But if any will call the Reatum poenae by the name of Reatum eulpae quoad poenam tantum, because of the relation and connotation, I strive not against the Name, so we agree of the thing: But safest words are best; especially seeing that obligatio ad poenam is it that is most usually and eminently called guilt: But Christ never undertook to be reputed of God one that was truly and formally wicked or a sinner; but only one that was a sponsor who consented to suffer for Sinners, that they might be delivered. And they are ill words of them that say, Christ was by imputation the most wicked man, the greatest Thief, Adulterer, Murderer, or Sinner in the world; Though such men may mean well, it were better speak in the Scripture phrase, and not so far overgoe it.
Had God imputed our sins so to him as to have esteemed him a Sinner or guilty of our habitual and actual sin as sin (even our hatred of God, and all our wickedness) God must necessarily from the perfection of his Nature, have hated him as a wicked enemy; yea, more than he hated any other man, as being guilty of a world of wickedness. Whereas God was still well pleased with him, and never hated him.