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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.
Mr. Blake. I shall take the boldness to give in my Arguments, to make good that faith in Christ qua Lord, doth not justify.
Mr. Blake. I shall take the bodlness to give in my Arguments, to make good that faith in Christ qua Lord, doth not justifie.
First, That which the types under the law, appointed for atonement and expiation, lead us unto in Christ, our faith must eye for atonement, expiation, and reconciliation; this cannot be denied: These Levitical Types lead us doubtless to a right object, being Schoolmasters to lead us unto Christ, and shadows whereof he is the substance: As also to that office in him (who is the object of faith) which serves for that work: But those types lead us to Christ in his Priestly office, for the most part as sacrificing, sometime as interceding, John 1.29. 2 Cor. 5.21. 1 Pet. 1.18. A great part of the Epistle to the Heb. is a proof of it.]
First, That which the types under the law, appointed for atonement and expiation, lead us unto in Christ, our faith must eye for atonement, expiation, and reconciliation; this cannot be denyed: These Levitical Types lead us doubtless to a right object, being Schoolmasters to lead us unto Christ, and shaddows whereof he is the substance: As also to that office in him (who is the object of faith) which serves for that work: But those types lead us to Christ in his Priestly office, for the most part as sacrificing, sometime as interceding, John 1.29. 2 Cor. 5.21. 1 Pet. 1.18. A great part of the Epistle to the Heb. is a proof of it.]