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Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sense [sic] sound Protestants…Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sence [sic] sound Protestants…
Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sense [sic] sound Protestants hold it and of the false devised sense by which libertines subvert the Gospel : with an answer to some common objections, especially of Dr. Thomas Tully whose Justif. Paulina occasioneth the publication of this / by Richard Baxter a compassionate lamenter of the Church's wounds caused by hasty judging ... and by the theological wars which are hereby raised and managed ...Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sence [sic] sound Protestants hold it and of the false divised sence by which libertines subvert the Gospel : with an answer to some common objections, especially of Dr. Thomas Tully whose Justif. Paulina occasioneth the publication of this / by Richard Baxter a compassionate lamenter of the Church's wounds caused by hasty judging ... and by the theological wars which are hereby raised and managed ...
London: printed for Nevil Simmons and Jonathan Robinson, 1675
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26. Though Christ suffered in our stead, and in a large sense, to certain uses and in some respects, as the Representer, or in the Persons of sinners; yet did he not so far represent their persons in his Habitual Holiness and Actual Obedience (no not in the Obedience of his Suffering,) as he did in the suffering it self. He obeyed not in the Person of a sinner, much less of millions of sinners; which were to say, In the person of sinners he never sinned. He suffered, to save us from suffering; but he obeyed not to save us from obeying, but to bring us to Obedience. Yet his Perfection of Obedience had this end, that perfect Obedience might not be necessary in us to our Justification and Salvation.
26. Though Christ suffered in our stead, and in a large sence, to certain uses and in some respects, as the Representer, or in the Persons of sinners; yet did he not so far represent their persons in his Habitual Holiness and Actual Obedience (no not in the Obedience of his Suffering,) as he did in the suffering it self. He obeyed not in the Person of a sinner, much less of millions of sinners; which were to say, In the person of sinners he never sinned. He suffered, to save us from suffering; but he obeyed not to save us from obeying, but to bring us to Obedience. Yet his Perfection of Obedience had this end, that perfect Obedience might not be necessary in us to our Justification and Salvation.
27. It was not we our selves who did perfectly obey, or were perfectly holy, or suffered for sin in the Person of Christ, or by Him: Nor did we (Naturally or Morally) merit our own Salvation by obeying in Christ; nor did we satisfy Gods Justice for our sins, nor purchase pardon of Salvation to our selves, by our Suffering in and by Christ; All such phrase and sense is contrary to Scripture. But Christ did this for us.
27. It was not we our selves who did perfectly obey, or were perfectly holy, or suffered for sin in the Person of Christ, or by Him: Nor did we (Naturally or Morally) merit our own Salvation by obeying in Christ; nor did we satisfie Gods Justice for our sins, nor purchase pardon of Salvation to our selves, by our Suffering in and by Christ; All such phrase and sence is contrary to Scripture. But Christ did this for us.