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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.
127. Yet some come nearer, and say that, To punish and not-Reward are not all one: And so the respect that Sin hath to the deserved punishment needed pardon and satisfaction: But our deserving the Reward needed Christ's perfect Obedience to be imputed. In this there is somewhat of truth. But you must avoid the errors that lie in the way, and a•• by most supposed truths. 1. Remember that man can have nothing from God, but what is a mere Gift as to the matter, though it be a Reward as to the order and ends of collation. And in this case, punishment is damni as well as sensus; And so the loss of the Reward is the principal part of Hell or Punishment. So that if Christ's death hath pardon• our sins of Omission, we are reputed to have done all our duty; And if so, we are reputed to have merited the Reward: And if he pardon our •••• as to all punishment of sense and loss, he pardoneth them as to th•• forfeiture of Heaven as a Gift, if not as a Reward.
127. Yet some come nearer, and say that, To punish and not-Reward are not all one: And so the respect that Sin hath to the deserved punishment needed pardon and satisfaction: But our deserving the Reward needed Christ's perfect Obedience to be imputed. In this there is somewhat of truth. But you must avoid the errors that lie in the way, and a•• by most supposed truths. 1. Remember that man can have nothing from God, but what is a meer Gift as to the matter, though it be a Reward as to the order and ends of collation. And in this case, punishment is damni as well as sensus; And so the loss of the Reward is the principal part of Hell or Punishment. So that if Christ's death hath pardon• our sins of Omission, we are reputed to have done all our duty; And if so, we are reputed to have merited the Reward: And if he pardon our •••• as to all punishment of sense and loss, he pardoneth them as to th•• forfeiture of Heaven as a Gift, if not as a Reward.