A26923:978
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.
§. 8. 7. And as God reputeth Christ's Righteousness to be the prime meritorious Cause for which we are justified by the Law of Grace, as afore-said, ⟨p. 258⟩so he truly reputeth our own Faith and Repentance (or Covenant-consent) to be our moral Qualification for the gift, and our Holiness and Perseverance to be our moral Qualification for final Justification and Glory; which Qualification being the matter of the Command of the Law of Grace, and the Condition of its Promise, is so far our righteousness indeed, and oft so called in the Scripture, as is aforesaid.
§. 8. 7. And as God reputeth Christ's Righteousness to be the prime meritorious Cause for which we are justified by the Law of Grace, as afore-said, ⟨p. 258⟩so he truly reputeth our own Faith and Repentance (or Covenant-consent) to be our moral Qualification for the gift, and our Holiness and Perseverance to be our moral Qualification for final Iustification and Glory; which Qualification being the matter of the Command of the Law of Grace, and the Condition of its Promise, is so far our righteousness indeed, and oft so called in the Scripture, as is aforesaid.
§. 9. 8. Therefore God may in this Sense be truly said, both to impute righteousness to us, and to impute Christ's righteousness to us, and to impute our Faith for righteousness to us in several respects.
§. 9. 8. Therefore God may in this Sence be truly said, both to impute righteousness to us, and to impute Christ's righteousness to us, and to impute our Faith for righteousness to us in several respects.