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An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches
An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches by reconciling explication without much disputing. Written by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1691
Chapter 23: How Faith justifieth; and how it is imputed to us for Righteousness.
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.
§. 31. But will any sober Christian deny, that […]ur righteousness in one sense, and Faith […]innate […] in another, and that both are accord[…]ed to us? How fain would some men ⟨p. 277⟩differ, if they could, or seem to do it, when they do not?
§. 31. But will any sober Christian deny, that 〈…〉ur righteousness in one sence, and Faith 〈…〉inate 〈…〉 in another, and that both are accord〈…〉ed to us? How fain would some men ⟨p. 277⟩differ, if they could, or seem to do it, when they do not?
§. 32. IV. As to the fourth Question, I answer, 1. We are all agreed, That God will not pardon, justify, or save any, without both Faith and Repentance, and Desire, as necessary moral Qualifications of the Receiver: And this shall serve turn, if any like not the term [Condition] and be willing to be quiet.
§. 32. IV. As to the fourth Question, I answer, 1. We are all agreed, That God will not pardon, justifie, or save any, without both Faith and Repentance, and Desire, as necessary moral Qualifications of the Receiver: And this shall serve turn, if any like not the term [Condition] and be willing to be quiet.
§. 33. 2. Faith in a narrow Sense, as signifying mere Assent, is distinct from Repentance; but Faith in that sense as is meant in Baptism, and hath the Promise of Justification and Life, is more the same with Repentance than many perceive. For Repentance is the change of the mind from evil to good? And the Good necessary to our Salvation, is a fiducial practical Consent to the Covenant of Grace, or a practical Faith in God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: And to turn to this, is to repent and be converted; even to turn from the contrary Acts and Objects to this fiducial consenting Belief in God the Father, Son, and Spirit; and what else is repenting, but this Change?