A26923:569
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 5: Of the Law or Covenant of Grace in the last Edition, or the Gospel.
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.
§. 6. As the means excel, so the Spirit is given in a greater measure, answerable to the greater Revelation and means: And is specially Christ's Witness and Agent in the World, and the mark of his peculiar ones.
§. 7. And as more is done for us, so more is now to be believed by us: Many necessary Articles are added to our Faith: That this Jesus is the Messiah, that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under P. Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried, descended to Hades, rose again the third day, ascended to Heaven, is there glorified in our Nature, Head of all, &c. are all new Articles of our Faith, which before were not required, because not revealed, or the matter extant.
§. 7. And as more is done for us, so more is now to be believed by us: Many necessary Articles are added to our Faith: That this Iesus is the Messiah, that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under P. Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried, descended to Hades, rose again the third day, ascended to Heaven, is there glorified in our Nature, Head of all, &c. are all new Articles of our Faith, which before were not required, because not revealed, or the matter extant.
§. 8. This second Edition is both the Covenant of Grace, and a Covenant of Peculiarity, far excelling the Jewish Covenant of Peculiarity: Believers are a holy Nation, a royal Priesthood, a peculiar People, &c.
§. 8. This second Edition is both the Covenant of Grace, and a Covenant of Peculiarity, far excelling the Iewish Covenant of Peculiarity: Believers are a holy Nation, a royal Priesthood, a peculiar People, &c.