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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.
yea, and his habitual holiness and satisfactory sufferings, advanced in dignity by his divine perfection. 15. This merit, as related to us, supposeth that Christ, as a Sponsor, was the second Adam, the Root of the justified, the reconciling Mediator, who obeyed perfectly with that intent, that by his obedience we might be justified; and who suffered for our sins, in our room and stead; and so was in tantum our Vicarius poenae, as some phrase it, or substitute; and was made a curse for us, that we might be healed by his stripes; as he was obedient, that his righteousness might be the reason as a meritorious cause of our Justification: which supposeth the relation of an undertaking Redeemer, in our nature doing this, and in our stead so far forth, as that therefore perfect obedience should not be necessary to be performed by our selves: And righteousness therefore is imputed to us, that is, we are truly reputed righteous, because we, as believing members of Christ, have right to impunity and life, as merited by his righteousness, and freely given to all penitent believers. And Christ's own righteousness may be said so far to be imputed to us, as to be reckoned or reputed the meritorious cause of our right or justification, as aforesaid.
Thus far we are agreed de re: And then de nomine I willingly leave men to their way of speech. 1. If he will call God's Decree, his Covenant in Constitution. 2. If he will call the execution of his Decree, his Covenant in execution. 3. If he will call nothing else the Covenant of Grace, or at least nothing of narrower extent, but what comprehendeth God's eternal Decrees, and the promise and gift of a Redeemer, (and so of the rest,) I cannot help it; his language is his own. But I shall tell you further my thoughts de re & de nomine.
1. De re: 1. God's eternal decrees, purposes, or election, give no one right to Christ, Pardon or Life; and so justify no man.