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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.
P. I perceive by Teaching me, you are but Learning to speak your self. I further ask you, Doth not God Love the Faith, Love, Obedience and Holiness of his servants, notwithstanding all their faults and imperfections? Joh. 16. 27. The Father himself loveth you, because you have Loved me and believed, &c. 2 Cor. 9. 7. God loveth a cheerful giver. Psal. 11. 7. The righteous Lord Loveth righteousness; with many the like passages. Doth he not Love his Image?
Lib. That is, because we are in Christ; and our persons and graces and duties are accepted all in him, being perfumed with his righteousness, and all our sins and imperfections pardoned and covered thereby: And as our Graces are the works of the holy Ghost, and not primarily as ours.
P. Are you come so far already? All this is held not only by us, but by the Papists also. You confess then that for the merits of Christs Righteousness, our sins are pardoned, and not only our persons, but our faith, Love and obedience, accepted and loved though culpably imperfect and mixed with sin. And so all your noise is come to nothing, and you say as we. II. But having found that we must have Inherent Righteousness, let us 1next consider What use we may make of it, and how far it may and must be valued and trusted to. And Quest. 1. Tell me whether God hath made any promise of a Reward to it, or not? Turn to the word [Reward] in your Concordance, if you remember not the Texts, and see.