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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.
5. But this right floweth not immediately to them, from what Christ did or suffered for them; but from his Law or Covenant of Grace, by which as his Donative and Ruling Instrument he conveyeth that title to them.
6. And therefore they have no right before the Time, nor any but on the Conditions and Measure specified in that Covenant or Law; so that Righteousness is not theirs because it is Christs, nor in the manner or measure and to the ends of the donation.
7. This much containeth the matter of this Doctrine of the Collation and Imputation of Christ's righteousness, still remembering that as no one till he was a Person, could be a person-guilty of Adam's sin; not when he was a person, any sooner than he was also guilty of his own inherent pravity, and none that had the use of Reason was guilty of either or both these only, without the guilt of his own Actual Sin, and all three together, (1. Adam's sin justly imputed to us, 2. And our innate Pravity, 3. And our actual Sin) are the parts which constitute our plenary guilt; even so no one till he is a Believer is related as a Member of a Perfectly Righteous Saviour; and that is done no sooner (in time) that he hath the Inherent Righteousness of his personal faith and federal consent; and that obligeth him to the further active righteousness of a holy life, and all these three conjunct (though not co-ordinate) make up the total Righteousness of a Saint, viz. 1. Our Relation to Christ in Union as to a perfectly Righteous Head, who fulfilled all righteousness for us to mer•• our Justification (which is called Christ's Righteousness Imputed to us, as being thus far reputed ours). 2. And our penitent believing consent to his Covenant, which is the condition of the foresaid Relation to Christ. 3. And our after Sanctification and obedience to Christ's Law.