A26923:916
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.
§. 23. The Donative Covenant of Grace to Man being but a mere Instrument of Donation and Condonation, that which procured it, is the procuring Cause of Pardon and Life; that is, Christ's meritorious Righteousness.
§. 23. The Donative Covenant of Grace to Man being but a meer Instrument of Donation and Condonation, that which procured it, is the procuring Cause of Pardon and Life; that is, Christ's meritorious Righteousness.
§. 24. Though this Covenant pardon and justify no man till he perform the Condition, and be a capable Subject by that moral Disposition, yet when that Condition is performed, its performance maketh us but meet Recipients, and it is still the meritorious Righteousness of Christ, for which we have the free gift of Pardon and Life; for the performance of the Condition doth but remove the receptive Incapacity of the Patient, and the suspension of the Donation.
§. 24. Though this Covenant pardon and justifie no man till he perform the Condition, and be a capable Subject by that moral Disposition, yet when that Condition is performed, its performance maketh us but meet Recipients, and it is still the meritorious Righteousness of Christ, for which we have the free gift of Pardon and Life; for the performance of the Condition doth but remove the receptive Incapacity of the Patient, and the suspension of the Donation.
§. 25. Justification signifieth, 1. making us righteous and judicially justifiable. 2. Judicial Justification (1. By Plea, 2. By Evidence and Witness, 3. By Sentence.) 3. Using us as Righteous by Execution: Or, 1. Constitutive, 2. Judicial, and 3. Executive Justification.
§. 25. Iustification signifieth, 1. making us righteous and judicially justifiable. 2. Iudicial Justification (1. By Plea, 2. By Evidence and Witness, 3. By Sentence.) 3. Using us as Righteous by Execution: Or, 1. Constitutive, 2. Iudicial, and 3. Executive Iustification.