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,…

Ans. 1. Adam was in his first instant but Habitually just, and not by Act, because not obliged to impossibilities any more than an Infant or a stone: But we speak only of obliged persons. 2. It is not true that Adam was not obliged to obey and Love God before he sinned, or that he never Loved God as God.

Obj. At least Adam merited not the Reward, though he sinned not till then.

Ans. 1. He merited what Reward he had, viz. the continuance o his blessings first freely given: but not an immutable state. 2. It is yet unresolved what that was by which Adam must merit Immutability and Glory? whether, 1. Once obeying or consent to his full Covenant. 2. Or once loving God. 3. Or conquering once. 4. Or eating of the tree of Life. 5. Or persevering in perfect obedience to the end; that is, till God should translate him, which is most likely. His not Meriting Immutability before the time, was no sin, we confess. 3. And we maintain as well as you, that Christ hath not only satisfied for sin, and merited pardon, but also Merited Imm•table Glory. But consider, 1. That Adam's not doing that which was to merit Glory, was his sin of omission, and to pardon that omission, is to take him as a meriter of Glory. 2. Therefore it must be somewhat more than he forfeited by that omission and his commission, which cometh in by Christ's merit above forgiveness. 3. That Christ merited all this, both by his active, ⟨p. 62⟩passive and habitual Righteousness, by which he merited pardon. 4. That it was not we that merited it in him, but he, to give it us only on the terms of a Law of Grace.

Ans. 1. He merited what Reward he had, viz. the continuance o his blessings first freely given: but not an immutable state. 2. It is yet unresolved what that was by which Adam must merit Immutability and Glory? whether, 1. Once obeying or consent to his full Covenant. 2. Or once loving God. 3. Or conquering once. 4. Or eating of the tree of Life. 5. Or presevering in perfect obedience to the end; that is, till God should translate him, which is most likely. His not Meriting Immutability before the time, was no sin, we confess. 3. And we maintain as well as you, that Christ hath not only satisfied for sin, and merited pardon, but also Merited Immtable Glory. But consider, 1. That Adam's not doing that which was to merit Glory, was his sin of omission, and to pardon that omission, is to take him as a meriter of Glory. 2. Therefore it must be somewhat more than he forfeited by that omission and his commission, which cometh in by Christ's merit above forgiveness. 3. That Christ merited all this, both by his active,