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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.
We say that it was the sins of all mankind and not only of the Elect that lay upon Christ in his •uffering: and that God as Legislator of the old violated Law hath received a sufficient satisfaction for •ll, and that hereupon a conditional Pardon is granted to all by a Law of Grace, and that the condition […] but their Acceptance of what is freely offered (according to its nature and use) and that all and only •hey that perform this condition shall have Actual pardon and salvation. But then we do not say, that Christ did equally intend the procurement of the performance of this condition: but that he giveth some ⟨p. 66⟩an inseparable special Grace which shall infallib•• procure it, which he doth not to others, who y• have so much as shall leave them in their own consciences and at his bar without any just excuse. I pra• you show us next what the Greeks say more then th•• In particular that Reverend man against whom y•• write hath an excellent M.S. abroad for Univer•• Redemption.
We say that it was the sins of all mankind and not onely of the Elect that lay upon Christ in his •uffering: and that God as Legislator of the old vi•lated Law hath received a sufficient satisfaction for •ll, and that hereupon a conditional Pardon is grant•d to all by a Law of Grace, and that the condition 〈…〉 but their Acceptance of what is freely offered (ac•ording to its nature and use) and that all and onely •hey that perform this condition shall have Actual pardon and salvation. But then we do not say, that Christ did equally intend the procurement of the performance of this condition: but that he giveth some