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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.
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.
8. It is Christ's stated Constitution, that [he that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved, and be that believeth not shall be damned, Mar. 16. 16. That if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: for with the heart man believeth (Christ's resurrection) unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation, Rom, 10. That except you repent you shall all perish, Luke 13. 3, 5. That men must repent, and be baptized, for the remission of sins,