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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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Obj. But, they mean, [our Sole Righteousness by which we are Justified.]
Answ. 1. We can tell no mans meaning but by his words, especially not contrary to them, especially in an accurate Declaration of Faith. 2. Suppose it had been so said, we maintain on the contrary, 1. ⟨p. 31⟩That we are Justified by more sorts of Righteousness than one, in several respects. We are justified only by Christs Righteousness as the Purchasing and Meritorious Cause of our Justification freely given by that new Covenant. We are Justified by the Righteousness of God the Father, as performing his Covenant with Christ and us, (efficiently). We are justified efficiently by the Righteousness of Christ as our Judg, passing a just sentence according to his Covenant: These last are neither Ours nor Imputed to us: But we are justified also against the Accusation, of being finally Impenitent Unbelievers or unholy, by the personal particular Righteousness of our own Repentance, Faith and Holiness.
For 2. We say, that there is an universal Justification or Righteousness, and there is a particular one. And this particular one may be the Condition and Evidence of our Title to all the rest. And this is our case. The Day of Judgment is not to try and Judg Christ, or his Merits, but us: He will judg us himself by his new Law or Covenant, the sum of which is, [Except ye Repent, ye shall all perish: and, He that believeth, shall be saved: and he that believeth not, shall be condemned. If we be not accused of Impenitence or Unbelief, but only of not-fulfilling the Law of Innocency, that will suppose that we are to be tried only by that Law, which is not true: And then we refer the Accuser only to Christ's Righteousness, and to the Pardoning Law of Grace, and to nothing in our selves to answer that charge; And so it would be Christ's part only that would be judged. But