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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 27: Of Repentance; late Repentance; the time of Grace, and of the unpardonable Sin.
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.
CHAP. XXVII. Of Repentance; late Repentance; the time of Grace, and of the unpardonable Sin.
§. 1. Repentance, as a Pain, and involuntary, is part of the Punishment of sin by the Law of Works; but Repentance as a returning to God, ⟨p. 315⟩and a recovery of the Soul, is a Grace and Duty proper to the Subjects of the Redeemer under the Law of Grace.
§. 1. REpentance, as a Pain, and involuntary, is part of the Punishment of sin by the Law of Works; but Repentance as a returning to God, ⟨p. 315⟩and a recovery of the Soul, is a Grace and Duty proper to the Subjects of the Redeemer under the Law of Grace.
§. 2. Yea, it is a great and excellent part of the Law of Grace to give Repentance unto life, and to admit of Repentance after sin, which the Law of Innocency did not admit of.