A26923:919
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.
§. 26. No man of common Understanding will deny the real difference of these three: And if the Name only be1 questioned, no man will reasonably deny, That in humane use the name is accordingly applicable to each: And that use of it is easily proved also in the Scripture; 1 Cor. 6. 11. Tit. 3. 7. Rev. 22. 11. &c. And the word Righteous and Righteousness, is so frequently used in Scripture for that called Inherent, or Self-performed Righteousness (incomparably ofter than in any other Sense) as will help to inform us what Constitutive Justification is: And if any dislike the Name; let them call it [Making us righteous] if that will please them better than the word justifying.
§. 26. No man of common Understanding will deny the real difference of these three: And if the Name only be1 questioned, no man will reasonably deny, That in humane use the name is accordingly applicable to each: And that use of it is easily proved also in the Scripture; 1 Cor. 6. 11. Tit. 3. 7. Rev. 22. 11. &c. And the word Righteous and Righteousness, is so frequently used in Scripture for that called Inherent, or Self-performed Righteousness (incomparably oster than in any other Sence) as will help to inform us what Constitutive Iustification is: And if any dislike the Name; let them call it [Making us righteous] if that will please them better than the word justifying.