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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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2. But in a tropical improper sense, he may be said to [be esteemed of God to have done what Christ did; who shall have the benefits of Pardon, Grace, and Glory thereby merited, in the manner and measure given by the free Mediator, as certainly as if▪ he ⟨p. 192⟩had done it himself]. In this improper sense we agree to the Matter, but are sorry that improper words should be used as a snare against sound Doctrine, and the Churches Love and Concord. And yet must we not be allowed Peace?
§. 4. But my free Speech here maketh me remember how sharply the Doctor expounded and applied one word in the retracted Aphorisms: I said (not of the Men, but of the wrong Opinion opposed by me) [It fondly supposeth a Medium betwixt one that is just, and one that is no sinner] one that hath his sin or guilt taken away, and one that hath his unrighteousness taken away: It's true in brutes and insensibles that are not subjects capable of Justice, there is, &c. There is a Negative Injustice which denominateth the Subject non-justum, but no• injustum, where Righteousness is not due. But when there is the debitum habendi, its privative. The Doctor learnedly translateth first the word [fondly] by [stolid]; and next he (fondly, though not stolidè) would persuade the Reader, that it is said of the Men, though himself translate it [Doctrina].
§. 4. But my free Speech here maketh me remember how sharply the Doctor expounded and applyed one word in the retracted Aphorisms: I said (not of the Men, but of the wrong Opinion opposed by me) [It fondly supposeth a Medium betwixt one that is just, and one that is no sinner] one that hath his sin or guilt taken away, and one that hath his unrighteousness taken away: It's true in bruits and insensibles that are not subjects capable of Justice, there is, &c. There is a Negative Injustice which denominateth the Subject non-justum, but no• injustum, where Righteousness is not due. But when there is the debitum habendi, its privative. The Doctor learnedly translateth first the word [fondly] by [stolide]; and next he (fondly, though not stolidè) would perswade the Reader, that it is said of the Men, though himself translate it [Doctrina].