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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. Then the question is, Whether Scripture phrase or mans invented phrase be the better and safer in a controvertible case? And next Whether you should deny or quarrel at the Scripture saying, that [faith is imputed to us for righteousness] and not rather confute our misexpounding it, if we do so?
Lib. Well, Let us examine the sense then: What Righteousness is it but Christs that is said to be imputed to us?
P. It is none but what we have from Christ: But the phrase of Imputing supposeth it ours: And the meaning is no more, but that [we are reputed Righteous]: And the causes are not included in the phrase of [Imputing righteousness to us]; but in the words before and after. As Imputing sin to us, (and not Imputing it) is but to Repute, reckon or judge us sinners, or by sin guilty of punishment (or not guilty); so is it here. So that it is supposed, 1. That Righteousness, that is, This Relation of being Righteous, is the thing imputed: 2. Christs Righteousness is the meritorious cause: 3. The Gospel Donation is the instrumental Cause: 4. Our Faith in Christ is the condition, and as such the subordinate matter necessary on our parts. And that faith is imputed for Righteousness, plainly meaneth but this, that Christ having merited and satisfied for us, all that is now required on our part to denominate (or primarily constitute) us Righteous, is to be true Believers in him, or true Christians. And I further ask you, Do you thus paraphrase the words [Faith, that is, Christs Righteousness, is imputed to us for righteousness?]