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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. You demand, [Will you exclude his Obedience, Resurrection, intercession]? To which I only say, I marvel at the question: If I exclude these, I exclude his blood: His shedding of blood was in Obedience, John 10.18. Phil. 2.8. his Resurrection was his freedom from the bands of death, and an evidence of our discharge by blood: His Intercession is founded on his blood. He intercedes not as we by bare petition, but by merit: He presents his blood as the high Priest in the Holy of Holies.
Mr. Blake. You demand, [Will you exclude his Obedience, Resurrection, intercession]? To which I only say, I marvell at the question: If I exclude these, I exclude his blood: His shedding of blood was in Obedience, John 10.18. Phil. 2.8. his Resurrection was his freedom from the bands of death, and an evidence of our discharge by blood: His Intercession is founded on his blood. He intercedes not as we by bare petition, but by merit: He presents his blood as the high Priest in the Holy of Holies.
Repl. It was the thing I had to do, to prove that Rom. 3.24. and those other texts, are not exclusive of all but his blood, and that the word Only is no more meant, then it is expressed in them. And now you grant it me: And needs must do it, while Scripture tells us, that by the Obedience of one, many are made Righteous, Rom. 5.19. and that he is Risen for our Justification, Rom. 4 •5. and that Righteousness shall be imputed to us, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. ver. 24.