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The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving…The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving…
The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholic church, the consent of the ancient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholike church, the consent of the antient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1657
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.
5. Neither will they understand justification in the Scripture, as a Law-term to be opposed to condemnation, and Sanctification to pollution.
6.1 The Scripture teaches sanctification to be an action of God: they make the second justification, as they call it, not Gods action but their own.
- 16. As to the Act, they make it their own by merited grace: but the habits and the grace assisting, they say is of God, and the act, say most.
7.1 Whereas the Scripture •eacheth that we are justified by the grace of God intimating the inward moving cause of justification, which is the free favour of God in Christ: the Papists understand grace, or rather graces inherent in us: which yet in the Question of justification (wherein the holy ⟨p. 424⟩Ghost opposes works to grace) are not more opposed to works then their first justification is to the second.
7.1 Whereas the Scripture •eacheth that we are justified by the grace of God intimating the inward moving cause of justification, which is the free favor of God in Christ: the Papists understand grace, or rather graces inherent in us: which yet in the Question of justification (wherein the holy