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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.
123. Some think to avoid the contradiction, by distinguishing only the moments of Nature, and double respect of the same mans actions: They say that we are first in order of Nature supposed to be Sinners, and pardoned, and then to be such as moreover need the reputation of Innocency or Righteousness which is added to pardon. But, 1. He that is pardoned all sins of omission and commission, is accounted Innocent and Righteous as to any Guilt of punishment, either of sense or Loss. 2. And he that is after accounted Innocent and Just from his first being to that hour, is judged never to have needed pardon: And so they make God come with an after act, and condemn his own foregoing act of error and injury; or at least to contradict it, and in the first instant to say [I pardon this Sinner] and in the second to say [I now repute him one that never sinned or needed pardon.]
123. Some think to avoid the contradiction, by distinguishing only the moments of Nature, and double respect of the same mans actions: They say that we are first in order of Nature supposed to be Sinners, and pardoned, and then to be such as moreover need the reputation of Innocency or Righteousness which is added to pardon. But, 1. He that is pardoned all sins of omission and commission, is accounted Innocent and Righteous as to any Guilt of punishment, either of sence or Loss. 2. And he that is after accounted Innocent and Just from his first being to that hour, is judged never to have needed pardon: And so they make God come with an after act, and condemn his own foregoing act of error and injury; or at least to contradict it, and in the first instant to say [I pardon this Sinner] and in the second to say [I now repute him one that never sinned or needed pardon.]
124. But the commonest way of such Divines is, to say that Christs Righteousness is first imputed; that is, we are reputed to have perfectly obeyed and been habitually holy in Christ, and then sin is next pardoned as a fruit of the merits of this. But this is still but the oft detected contradiction, that we are first accounted sinless, and therefore our sins are forgiven us.