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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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31. For Righteousness to be imputed to us, is all one as to be accounted Righteous, Rom. 4.6, 11. notwithstanding that we be not Righteous as fulfillers of the Law of Innocency.
34. For Faith to be imputed to us for Righteousness, Rom. 4.22, 23, 24. is plainly meant, that God who under the Law of Innocency required perfect Obedience, of us to our Justification and Glorification, upon the satisfaction and merits of Christ, hath freely given a full Pardon and Right to Life, to all true Believers; so that now by the Covenant of Grace nothing is required of us, to our Justification, but Faith: all the rest being done by Christ: And so Faith in God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, is reputed truly to be the condition on our part, on which Christ and Life, by that Baptismal Covenant, are made ours.
35. Justification, Adoption, and Life eternal are considered; 1. Quoad ipsam rem, as to the thing it self in value. 2. Quoad, Ordinem Conferendi & Recipiendi, as to the order and manner of Conveyance and Participation. In the first respect, It is a mere free-gift to us, purchased by Christ: In the second respect, It is a Reward to Believers, who thankfully accept the free-Gift according to its nature and uses.
35. Justification, Adoption, and Life eternal are considered; 1. Quoad ipsam rem, as to the thing it self in value. 2. Quoad, Ordinem Conferendi & Recipiendi, as to the order and manner of Conveyance and Participation. In the first respect, It is a meer free-gift to us, purchased by Christ: In the second respect, It is a Reward to Believers, who thankfully accept the free-Gift according to its nature and uses.