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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.
19. The Laws obligation of us to punishment is dispensed with, and dissolved by a pardon purchased by our Mediator.
19. The Laws obligation of us to punishment is dispenced with, and dissolved by a pardon purchased by our Mediator.
20. Christ's righteousness is nevertheless the meritorious cause of our righteousness or justification, though he justify us by the instrumentality of his donative Covenant, as giving us right to our Union, and Justification and Life; and though our Faith and Repentance be the condition of our Title.
21. We accept two Concessions as containing that truth, which showeth that we do not much differ de re, could we more happily order our organical conceptions: 1. That Christ's righteousness is not the formal cause of our Justification: 2. p. 596. [Seeing the satisfaction was not made IN THE PERSON of the offender, but his substitute; it was necessary that THE BENEFIT of ANOTHER'S satisfaction should be communicated in such a way as might best please that God whose Grace was the only motive to his acceptation of a substitute: It is the undoubted privilege of the Giver, to dispose of his own gifts in his own way: And it was absolutely and indispensably necessary that the sinner should be duly qualified to receive such transcendent favours, purchased at so dear a rate, and fitted to return the glory to a Redeemer; which an unhumbled, unbelieving, unconverted and unsanctified sinner could not possibly be.] He that writeth this, cannot sure much differ from me hereabouts.
21. We accept two Concessions as containing that truth, which sheweth that we do not much differ de re, could we more happily order our organical conceptions: 1. That Christ's righteousness is not the formal cause of our Justification: 2. p. 596. [Seeing the satisfaction was not made IN THE PERSON of the offender, but his substitute; it was necessary that THE BENEFIT of ANOTHERS satisfaction should be communicated in such a way as might best please that God whose Grace was the only motive to his acceptation of a substitute: It is the undoubted priviledge of the Giver, to dispose of his own gifts in his own way: And it was absolutely and indispensibly necessary that the sinner should be duly qualified to receive such transcendent favours, purchased at so dear a rate, and fitted to return the glory to a Redeemer; which an unhumbled, unbelieving, unconverted and unsanctified sinner could not possibly be.] He that writeth this, cannot sure much differ from me hereabouts.