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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. Christ's meritorious righteousness and satisfaction are the sole, proper, immediate cause meritorious of all the Grace or Mercy procured and given by him, there being no other meritorious cause of the same kind either more immediate, or at all co-ordinate, and copartner with him.
5. Christ's meritorious righteousness and satisfaction are the sole, proper, immediate causemeritorious of all the Grace or Mercy procured and given by him, there being no other meritorious cause of the same kind either more immediate, or at all co-ordinate, and copartner with him.
6. As Christ giveth us Holiness qualitative and active by the real operation of his Spirit, (though he merited it immediately himself;) so doth he give us right to impunity, to the further Grace of the Spirit, and to Glory, by the instrumentality of his Covenant, as by a Testament, Deed of Gift, or Law of Grace. Which by signifying God's donative will, doth not first declare us justified, or to have the foresaid right to Christ and Life, but doth first give us instrumentally that right; and so immediately justify us. (And God's will giveth us not right as secret, or of it self, but by such instrumental signification.)
7. God hath signified his will to us, partly by absolute gifts and promises, and partly by conditional: that such there are, he that denieth, must deny much of the Scripture. Christ was absolutely given to fallen mankind for a Redeemer; and so was the Conditional Law, or Covenant of Grace; and many other mercies But he hath made and recorded a conditional Gift of Christ, as in special Union, (to be our Head,) and of Pardon and Salvation.