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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 16: Of the State of Heathens and others, that have not the Gospel.
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§. 33. If we might imitate our Father Abraham (who yet saw Christ's day and rejoiced) we should suppose the number of the saved through the world, to be very considerable: For as I said elsewhere, though God had told him, that Sodom was so much worse than the rest of the World, that God would destroy it, yet Abraham thought there might be fifty righteous persons there. It's like he thought not worse of the rest of the World.
§. 34. Obj. You seem to make the rest of the World happier than the Jews; for they had a Law that would justify them, and so had not the Jews.
§. 34. Obj. You seem to make the rest of the World happier than the Iews; for they had a Law that would justifie them, and so had not the Iews.
Ans. The second assertion is false: The Jews were under the Law of Grace, which Paul calleth the Promise, and might be justified by it, and had greater helps to know and keep it than the rest of the World had. But when they foolishly separated their Mosaical Law from the Promise or common Law of Grace, Paul tells them, by the Deeds of that Law no flesh could be justified.