A26923:874
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
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.
[The Faith which the Adult must profess in Baptism, as having the Promise of Justification and Salvation, is a sincere fiducial practical Assent to Divine Revelations, and especially to the Gospel, revealing and offering us God ⟨p. 233⟩himself to be our God and reconciled Father, Christ to be our Saviour, viz. by his Incarnation, meritorious Righteousness and Sacrifice, Resurrection, Doctrine, Example, Government, Intercession and final Judgment; and the Holy Ghost to quicken, illuminate and sanctify us, that so we may live in the Love of the Father, the Grace of the Son, and the Communion of the Holy Spirit, and of the Christian Church, being saved from our Enemies, Sin and Misery initially in this Life, and perfectly in eternal perfect Glory: With a fiducial acceptance of the Gifts of the Covenant according to their nature, and a sincere federal Consent; and with a sincere devoting and giving up our selves to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; and renouncing of all that is inconsistent with this Covenant: Which Assent, Consent and Trust are the effects of the Gospel and Spirit of Christ, and are founded on God's Fidelity, that is, on the Veracity, Love and Sufficiency of God Almighty, most wise and good, and on Christ the Father's great Apostle, and on Christ's sub-Apostles; and on the Gospel and especially the Covenant of Grace, as on God's revealing and donative Instrument; and on the manifold obsignant operations of the Holy Ghost (miraculous and sanctifying) as God's infallible Attestation to the Gospel-Verity.]
[The Faith which the Adult must profess in Baptism, as having the Promise of Justification and Salvation, is a sincere fiducial practical Assent to Divine Revelations, and especially to the Gospel, revealing and offering us God ⟨p. 233⟩himself to be our God and reconciled Father, Christ to be our Saviour, viz. by his Incarnation, meritorious Righteousness and Sacrifice, Resurrection, Doctrine, Example, Government, Intercession and final Judgment; and the Holy Ghost to quicken, illuminate and sanctifie us, that so we may live in the Love of the Father, the Grace of the Son, and the Communion of the Holy Spirit, and of the Christian Church, being saved from our Enemies, Sin and Misery initially in this Life, and perfectly in eternal perfect Glory: With a fiducial acceptance of the Gifts of the Covenant according to their nature, and a sincere federal Consent; and with a sincere devoting and giving up our selves to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; and renouncing of all that is inconsistent with this Covenant: Which Assent, Consent and Trust are the effects of the Gospel and Spirit of Christ, and are founded on God's Fidelity, that is, on the Veracity, Love and Sufficiency of God Almighty, most wise and good, and on Christ the Father's great Apostle, and on Christ's sub-Apostles; and on the Gospel and especially the Covenant of Grace, as on God's revealing and donative Instrument; and on the manifold obsignant operations of the Holy Ghost (miraculous and sanctifying) as God's infallible Attestation to the Gospel-Verity.]