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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
Whether Works are a Condition of Justification? And so whether we a… › Part
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My next proof is from those texts that say, we shall be Judged according to our works, and rewarded according to our Labour, &c. 2 Cor. 5.9, 10. 1 Cor. 3.8. 1 Pet. 1.16, 17. Matthew 16.27. &c.
If men shall be justified according to their works, then those works are no lower then a condition of that justification: But the Antecedent is true, as I prove thus. If men shall be judged according to their works, therefore they shall be justified according to their works: The reason of the Consequence is evident; because judging is the Genus, which comprehendeth Justification and condemnation as its species. The reason also of the consequence of the former Argument is apparent: because the term [of judging according to works] doth in the common use of men signify ordinarily that which they call the Meritum causae, but never any thing lower then a bare condition: nor can any lower tolerable judiciary sense be put upon them, as might easily be showed if it were worth the standing on.
If men shall be justified according to their works, then those works are no lower then a condition of that justification: But the Antecedent is true, as I prove thus. If men shall be judged according to their works, therefore they shall be justified according to their works: The reason of the Consequence is evident; because judging is the Genus, which comprehendeth Justification and condemnation as its species. The reason also of the consequence of the former Argument is apparent: because the term [of judging according to works] doth in the common use of men signifie ordinarily that which they call the Meritum causae, but never any thing lower then a bare condition: nor can any lower tolerable judiciary sense be put upon them, as might easily be shewed if it were worth the standing on.