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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.
7. The Scripture makes the object of justifying faith Christs Death, Resurrection, Blood, Rom. 3.25. & 10.9. Gal. 2.20, 21. Nowhere Christs dominion. Ergo. Subjection to Christ as King is not an essential part.
8. The object of Faith is nowhere made to be a Gospel ⟨p. 328⟩Precept, such as forgiving others, using Sacraments, &c. nor Christ as commanding; but the Declaration of the Accomplishments of Christ, and the counsel of God in him, 1 Cor. 15.1. &c. Rom. 1 16, 17. Gal. 3.8. Ergo Obedience is not an Essential part.
9. If it be an essential part, then either Genus or Difference; for no other Essential parts belong to a quality or Action: not the Genus, that's Assent. Aph. p. 254.274. when the object is a Proposition: when it is an Incomplex term, Trust is the Genus: not the Difference, that's chiefly taken from the object. Keker. syst. Logic. l. 1. sect. 2. c. 2. can. Defin. Acid. 5.7. Obedience may make known Faith as a sign, but not as a part, its at least in order of Nature after; the cause is afore the effect: the Antecedent before the Consequent; and faith is such,