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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.
15. It is a true Covenant between God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and man, which is solemnly entered into in Baptism: And this is a Covenant of Grace, even that proceedeth purely from Grace; and of Grace, as given by God, and by us accepted. He that will confound these various Covenants, Promises, and Laws, on pretence of their unity, (though there is doubtless a wonderful unity of all the parts both of God's moral (signal) means, and his physical works) shall confound much of Theology.
15. It is a true Covenant between God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and man, which is solemnly entred into in Baptism: And this is a Covenant of Grace, even that proceedeth purely from Grace; and of Grace, as given by God, and by us accepted. He that will confound these various Covenants, Promises, and Laws, on pretence of their unity, (though there is doubtless a wonderful unity of all the parts both of God's moral (signal) means, and his physical works) shall confound much of Theology.
16. The Law made to Adam never said [either thou or another for thee shall obey;] but it bound man to perfect, perpetual, personal obedience.
17. Therefore that Law, as it obliged us, is not fulfilled by the obedience of Christ, but only as far as it obliged him; nor can any man be justified by it, as a fulfiller of it, by himself, or by another: nor did Christ fulfil it in any other mans person, though in his stead, so far as is aforesaid.