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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.
2. Righteousness is denominated either from a Relation to the Precept of the Law, or to the Sanction. To be righteous in Relation to the Precept, is to be conform to that Precept; An Action or Disposition conform to the Precept, is called a Righteous Action or Disposition: and from thence the person being so far conform, is called a Righteous person: And so this Righteousness, as to the positive precept, is his obeying it; and as to the prohibition, it is his Innocency, contrary to that guilt, which we call Reatus culpae.
Righteousness as a Relation to the Sanction, is either a Relation to the Commination and penal Act of the Law, or to the promissory or Premiant Act. As to the former, Righteousness is nothing, but the Not-dueness of the punishment, contrary to the Reatus poenae, as it respects the execution; and so A not being liable to condemnation, as it respects the sentence. This is sometime founded in the persons Innocency last mentioned: sometime on a free pardon or acquittance: sometime on satisfaction made by himself: And sometime on satisfaction by another, conjunct with free pardon (which is our case.)
Righteousness as a Relation to the Sanction, is either a Relation to the Commination and penal Act of the Law, or to the promissory or Premiant Act. As to the former, Righteousness is nothing, but the Not-dueness of the punishment, contrary to the Reatus poenae, as it respects the execution; and so A not being lyable to condemnation, as it respects the sentence. This is sometime founded in the persons Innocency last mentioned: sometime on a free pardon or acquittance: sometime on satisfaction made by himself: And sometime on satisfaction by another, conjunct with free pardon (which is our case.)
Righteousness as a Relation to the Promise, or Premiant part of the Sanction, is nothing but our Right to the Reward, Gift, or Benefit, as pleadable and justifiable in foro. Which sometime is founded in merit of our own; sometime in a free Gift: sometime in the merit of another, conjunct with free Gift, which is our case, (other cases concern us not) This last mentioned, is Righteousness as a Relation to the substance of the Promise or Gift: But when the Promise, or Gift, or Testament, or Premiant Law is conditional, as in our case it is, then there is another sort of