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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 25: Of good Works and Merit, and trusting to any thing of our own.
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§. 58. Not only Waldensis, Contarenus, Ariminensis, and many others expressly say as much against Merits as we: But Medina, and many of the Th• mists say the same in Sense, and the Scotists and many others say, That Merit •riseth but ex pacto, from God's Promise; and to be meritorious, is no more ⟨p. 297⟩than to be a Work which God hath promised a Reward to: And do any of us deny this?
§. 58. Not only Waldensis, Contarenus, Ariminensis, and many others expresly say as much against Merits as we: But Medina, and many of the Th• mists say the same in Sence, and the Scotists and many others say, That Merit •riseth but ex pacto, from God's Promise; and to be meritorious, is no more ⟨p. 297⟩than to be a Work which God hath promised a Reward to: And do any of us deny this?
§. 59. Object. But others say, That Merit is ex dignitate operum, from the worthiness of our Works.
Ans. Is it the Name [Worthiness] or the meaning that displeaseth you? If the Name, read Luke 20. 35. and 21. 36. Acts 5. 41.