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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.
168. Yet this being the Condition on our part for our Participation •n all the free Gifts of the Covenant; Scripture useth to describe Gods judgment as enquiring after this. The great thing to be glorified in judgment is Gods Love, Wisdom, Justice and Truth, and Christ's great Merits and performance in our Redemption; But the great thing questioned, accused, tried and judged will be our performance of the Covenant of Grace as to our conditions. The day is not to try God whether he be •ust, or Christ, whether his Merits and Satisfaction were sufficient; and whether he have done his part: But to try man whether, 1. He have •rue Right to Impunity and Glory. 2. Whether he have performed the Condition on which the Covenant giveth that Right, and be indeed the •rue Receiver of it. The Devils hope cannot lie at all, in proving Christ or the Covenant faulty, or defective on their part; but in proving •s to be none of the persons that have Right. This therefore is the Righteousness mentioned, Matth. 25. and of Faith imputed, Rom. 4, &c. •nd else-where.
168. Yet this being the Condition on our part for our Participation •n all the free Gifts of the Covenant; Scripture useth to describe Gods •udgment as enquiring after this. The great thing to be glorified in •udgment is Gods Love, Wisdom, Justice and Truth, and Christ's great Merits and performance in our Redemption; But the great thing questio•ed, accused, tried and judged will be our performance of the Covenant of Grace as to our conditions. The day is not to try God whether he be •ust, or Christ, whether his Merits and Satisfaction were sufficient; and whether he have done his part: But to try man whether, 1. He have •rue Right to Impunity and Glory. 2. Whether he have performed the Condition on which the Covenant giveth that Right, and be indeed the rue Receiver of it. The Devils hope cannot lie at all, in proving Christ or the Covenant faulty, or defective on their part; but in proving s to be none of the persons that have Right. This therefore is the Righteousness mentioned,