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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 12 › Section 3: Of the Law or Covenant of Grace in the first Edition.
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.
§. 9. Hence it is that it is found among the Communes notitiae, and all the World as well as Christians acknowledge it and plead for it.
§. 10. They that by God's Patience and Mercy are invited to Repentance, which is a return from sin to God, and are by Nature obliged to it, ought to believe that it is not made their Duty in vain, nor shall they lose by it if they perform it; for that were to accuse God of making Mans Duty in vain, or to his loss, which is not to be suspected.
§. 11. Therefore they are bound not to despair of Pardon and Salvation; for an obligation to use means as tending to recovery, is inconsistent with an obligation to despair. Therefore hope of Mercy and use of some means Mankind is obliged to by the Law of lapsed Nature.
§. 11. Therefore they are bound not to despair of Pa•don and Salvation; for an obligation to use means as tending to recovery, is inconsistent with an obligation to despair. Therefore hope of Mercy and use of some means Mankind is obliged to by the Law of lapsed Nature.