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Of justification four disputations clearing and amicably defending the truth against the unnecessary oppositions…
Of justification four disputations clearing and amicably defending the truth against the unnecessary oppositions of divers learned and reverend brethren / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
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.
5. By faith it is that we give up our selves to be Christs Disciples, Subjects, Members; (For Scripture ascribes not this to other Graces usually or chiefly. And to take him for our Saviour and Head, and give up our selves as his redeemed and Members, is all one work.) But it is not by Assent only, chiefly or fully at all, that we give up our selves to Christ as Disciples, Members, &c. Therefore it is not by Assent properly or fully that we receive Christ. So Amesius ubi supra, §. 19. Crediturus etiam porro cum ex miseriae sensu, & omnimo•ae liberationis, cum in se, tum in aliis defectu, necesse habeat se dedere Deo in Christo tanquam Servatori sufficiently & fiddly, Deditionem istam facere non potest ullo modo per Assensum Intellectus, sed per Consensum Voluntatis. And indeed I think this Dedition or self-delivery to be part of Faith: and that the covenanting in heart with God in Christ, is the very justifying faith, taking him for ours, and giving up our selves to him as his: and the external Covenanting is the profession of Faith: and that Baptism is the marriage-solemnization, and engaging sign and means.
5. By faith it is that we give up our selves to be Christs Disciples, Subjects, Members; (For Scripture ascribes not this to other Graces usually or chiefly. And to take him for our Saviour and Head, and give up our selves as his redeemed and Members, is all one work.) But it is not by Assent only, chiefly or fully at all, that we give up our selves to Christ as Disciples, Members, &c. Therefore it is not by Assent properly or fully that we receive Christ. So Amesius ubi supra, §. 19. Crediturus etiam porro cum ex miseriae sensu, & omnimo•ae liberationis, cum in se, tum in aliis defectu, necesse habeat se dedere Deo in Christo tanquam Servatori sufficienti & fideli, Deditionem istam facere non potest ullo modo per Assensum Intellectus, sed per Consensum Voluntatis. And indeed I think this Dedition or self-delivery to be part of Faith: and that the covenanting in heart with God in Christ, is the very justifying faith, taking him for ours, and giving up our selves to him as his: and the external Covenanting is the profession of Faith: and that Baptism is the marriage-solemnization, and engaging sign and means.