A26923:979
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.
§. 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.
§. 10. Thus much being commonly agreed on, should quiet the Minds of Divines that are not wise and righteous overmuch; and it beseemeth us not to make our arbitrary Words and Notions about the Doctrine of our Peace with God, to be Engines to break the Church's Peace, seeing Angels preached to us this great Truth; That Christ came into the World for GLORY to God in the highest, and for PEACE on Earth, and for GOOD-WILL or LOVE from God to Man (or mutual complacency;) and his Servants should not turn his Gospel into matter of strife.
§. 10. Thus much being commonly agreed on, should quiet the Minds of Divines that are not wise and righteous overmuch; and it beseemeth us not to make our arbitrary Words and Notions about the Doctrine of our Peace with God, to be Engines to break the Church's Peace, seeing Angels preached to us this great Truth; That Christ came into the World for GLORY to God in the highest, and for PEACE on Earth, and for GOOD-WILL or LOVE from God to Man (or mutual compla•ency;) and his Servants should not turn his Gospel into matter of strife.