A26923:945
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.
§. 50. And on the other side we are agreed, 1. That we are justified by the Works of Christ, as the Meritorious Cause of our Justification.
2. That the Justification purchased and given us by Christ, is given us by a Law or Covenant of Grace, which giveth (as God's Instrument) Right ⟨p. 250⟩to Impunity and to Life to all true penitent Believers: And therefore he that is justified according to this Law of Grace, from the charge of Impenitence and Unbelief, must be justified by his Repentance and Faith materially, as being the Righteousness in question, as is aforesaid.
3. That without Holiness none shall see God: And if any be accused as unholy (and on that account no Member of Christ or Child of God, or Heir of Heaven) his Holiness must be the matter of his Justification.
4. That though our Faith, Repentance and Holiness be no universal absolute Righteousness, yet they are that on which the judiciary Scrutiny must pass, and which will be the question of the great day, on which our Life or Death will depend as on the Condition or moral Qualification of the Receiver.