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,…

So that I may take it for granted that we are agreed, that as to the first Edition of the Law of Grace to Adam and Noah, it extendeth or is in force to all the world, at least, till by enmity against Grace, they have made themselves desperate as the Serpents seed: Yea then, the Law of Grace is in force to them, though they reject the Grace of it.

So that I may take it for granted that we are agreed, that as to the first Edition of the Law of Grace to Adam and Noe, it extendeth or is in force to all the world, at least, till by enmity against Grace, they have made themselves desperate as the Serpents seed: Yea then, the Law of Grace is in force to them, though they reject the Grace of it.

2. And as to the last Edition of the Covenant of Grace by Christ, 1. The tenor of it extendeth to all; as is visible Matth. 28. 19. Mark 16. 16. Joh. 3. 16. 2. And Christ hath made it the office of his Ministers by his commission, to promulgate and offer it to all. 3. And whereas providence concurreth not to the universal execution, we must all confess, that Christ came not to put the world into a worse condition than he found them in. If he did any no good by his Incarnation, he would do them no harm. Therefore they that never hear the Gospel, are still under the first Edition of the Covenant made with Adam and Noah, so far as ⟨p. 6⟩it is unaltered. I add that word, because, that so far as the Promise was to give salvation by the Messiah hereafter to be incarnate, none is now bound to expect his future Incarnation, because it is past. But the same benefits that were due to believers before Christs incarnation, are due since upon the true performance of so much of the condition as is still in force, and not repealed.