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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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Preface. pag. 3. [Now when I had endeavoured to state the Question in a most candid and fair way between those ⟨p. 98⟩that deny a Condition sine qua non of our Justification, and those who affirm. A Reverend and Learned Brother, judging himself concerned in this opinion likewise, doth complain of the want of Candour and truth in my stating of the Question, when I rather expected thanks for my Ingenuity: — Now let any judicious Reader, that is acquainted with controversy, decide, wherein any (and or truth may be desired here. For I say [causality] which is a general word, not efficiency or merit; Again, I say, some causality, Causalitas quaedam, which is terminus diminuens: yea I added the word Concurrence, which might satisfy any how low I brought the Question.
Preface. pag. 3. [Now when I had endeavoured to state the Question in a most candid and fair way between those ⟨p. 98⟩that deny a Condition sine qua non of our Justification, and those who affirm. A Reverend and Learned Brother, judging himself concerned in this opinion likewise, doth complain of the want of Candor and truth in my stating of the Question, when I rather expected thanks for my Ingenuity: — Now let any judicious Reader, that is acquainted with controversie, decide, wherein any (and or truth may be desired here. For I say [causality] which is a general word, not efficiency or merit; Again, I say, some causality, Causalitas quaedam, which is terminus diminuens: yea I added the word Concurrence, which might satisfie any how low I brought the Question.
Answer. Will you call to any judicious Reader, to tell you that which I particularly expressed to you? Again, Then let the judicious Reader judge whether you should have said to the world, any of the forementioned particulars; First, That I give any Causality to works as to Justification. Secondly, Or that I difference them only in degree of excellency. Thirdly, Or that I affirm, that we may say, justifying Repentance, justifying Love, as well as justifying faith. Fourthly, And this is affirmed positively, and vehemently: and all this when I had positively and vehemently denied them. Fifthly, Yea, and that only this is the question between us.