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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.
And the evident Reason why God hath made some Promises conditional, is, that his Laws and Promises may be perfectly suited to the nature of man on whom they must work, and so may show forth Gods Infinite Wisdom, and may in a way agreeable to our natures attain their ends: and man may be drawn to that which he is backward to by the help of that which he is naturally more forward to, or by the fear of that evil which naturally he doth abhor: As also that the Holiness of God may shine forth in his Word; and it may be seen that he loveth Justice, Holiness, Obedience, and not only the persons of men: and so ⟨p. 38⟩all his Attributes may be seen in their conjunction and the beauty that thence resulteth in the Glass of his Word.
And the evident Reason why God hath made some Promises conditional, is, that his Laws and Promises may be perfectly suited to the nature of man on whom they must work, and so may shew forth Gods Infinite Wisdom, and may in a way agreeable to our natures attain their ends: and man may be drawn to that which he is backward to by the help of that which he is naturally more forward to, or by the fear of that evil which naturally he doth abhor: As also that the Holiness of God may shine forth in his Word; and it may be seen that he loveth Justice, Holiness, Obedience, and not only the persons of men: and so ⟨p. 38⟩all his Attributes may be seen in their conjunction and the beauty that thence resulteth in the Glass of his Word.
Argument 10 If the condemning Unbelief which is the Privation of the faith by which we are justified, be the Not-be-believing in Christ as King, Priest and Prophet, than the faith by which we are justified, is the believing in him as King, Priest and Prophet. But the Antecedent is true: therefore so is the Consequent.