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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.
19. When the Scripture teaches that we are made the righteousness of God in Christ, as he is made sin for us, and so that the obedience of Christ is communicated to us for justification, as the disobedience of Adam for condemnation namely by imputation; But they say we are justified not by the imputation of the righteousness of Christ, but partly by the infusion of habitual righteousness, viz. in the first justification, partly by our own performance of actual righteousness or good works in the second justification.
- 19 Still they mean sanctification, when they speak of justification. But they confess that Christs sufferings and obedience are the meritorious cause of our Pardon and Renovation, both which they use to comprise in the word Justification.9 Still they mean sanctification, when they speak of justification. But they confess that Christs sufferings and obedience are the meritorious cause of our Pardon and Renovation, both which they use to comprize in the word Justification.
10.1 For they contend for a double justification; the first which consists in the infused habit of charity, the other in meritorious works.
- 116. They may as well talk of a third and fourth justification, for sanctification hath more degrees then two. But doubtless there is such a thing as that which they mean by a second justification, if they leave out merit: for there is actual obedience and increase of grace.16. They may as well talk of a third and fourth justification, for sanctification hath more degrees then two. But doubtlesse there is such a thing as that which they mean by a second justification, if they leave out merit: for there is actual obedience and increase of grace.