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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.
The Antecedent I prove. First, from John 3.18, 19, 20, 21. [He that believeth on him is not condemned, (There's the justifying faith:) But he that believeth not, is condemned already. (There's the condemning unbelief, contradictory to the justifying faith) [Because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God:] (here is a special condemnation proved, distinct from that by the Law of works.) [And this is the condemnation (that is the condemning sin or cause) that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather then light, because their deeds were evil] For every one that doth evil hateth the light, &c. The 19 verse describeth the Condemning unbelief, and the 20. gives the reason of mens guiltiness of it. And the unbelief described is a shunning or not coming to Christ as he is the Light to discover and heal their evil deeds. So that if contradictories will but show the nature of each other, I think our controversy is here plainly resolved.
The Antecedent I prove. First, from John 3.18, 19, 20, 21. [He that believeth on him is not condemned, (There's the justifying faith:) But he that believeth not, is condemned already. (Theres the condemning unbelief, contradictory to the justifying faith) [Because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God:] (here is a special condemnation proved, distinct from that by the Law of works.) [And this is the condemnation (that is the condemning sin or cause) that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather then light, because their deeds were evil] For every one that doth evil hateth the light, &c. The 19 verse describeth the Condemning unbelief, and the 20. gives the reason of mens guiltiness of it. And the unbelief described is a shunning or not coming to Christ as he is the Light to discover and heal their evil deeds. So that if contradictories will but shew the nature of each other, I think our controversie is here plainly resolved.