A26935:64
Gods goodness vindicated for the help of such (especially in melancholy) as are tempted…
Gods goodness vindicated for the help of such (especially in melancholy) as are tempted to deny it, and think him cruel, because of the present and future misery of mankind, with respect to the doctrine of reprobation and damnation / by Richard Baxter ... ; published and prefaced by a friend at whose desire it was written, and to whom it was committed.
London: printed for N. Simmons, 1671
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.
And they that say that all the Infidel World have all this Mercy, Duty, Means, and hope, without any Redemption or Satisfaction of Christ as the procuring cause, are in the way to say next, that the ⟨p. 72⟩Churches Mercies too, might have been given without Christ. 9. Of a truth, God is no respectre of persons, but in every Nation he that feareth God and worketh Righteousness is accepted with him; Act. 10.34, 35. For God will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory, and honour and incorruptibility, eternal life, Rom. 2.6, 7. Glory, honour and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, v. 10. For there is no respect of persons with God. v. 11. For when ⟨p. 71⟩[…] ⟨p. 72⟩[…] ⟨p. 74⟩the Gentiles which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these having not the Law are a Law unto themselves. Which show the work of the Law written in their Hearts, their Consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another, v. 14, 15. And they shall be Judged according to that Law which they were under, (Natural or Mosaical,) even by Jesus Christ, v. 12.16. (And it is the work of the spirit promised, to believers, to write the Law of God in their hearts.)
And they that say that all the Infidel World have all this Mercy, Duty, Means, and hope, without any Redemption or Satisfaction of Christ as the procureing cause, are in the way to say next, that the ⟨p. 72⟩Churches Mercies too, might have been given without Christ. 9. Of a truth, God is no respecter of persons, but in every Nation he that feareth God and worketh Righteousness is accepted with him;