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The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines…
The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines ... in two books : the first, a breviate of fifty controversies about justification ... : the second upon the sudden reviving of antinomianism ... and the re-printing of Dr. Crisp's sermons with additions ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1690
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.
Qu. 47. I• i• true, that because Regeneration is the beginning of Heaven, and Christs Obedience imputed •••eth a right to t•e whole, therefore it giveth a right to the beginning, and therefore Repentance which followeth Justification can be no Condition of it?
Qu. 47. I• i• true, that because Reg•nerati•n is the b•gin•ing of Heaven, and Christs Obedience imputed •••eth a ri•ht to t•e whole, therefore it giveth a right to the beg•nning, and therefore Repentance which foll•weth Justification can be no Condition of it?
Ans. It is a fancy spun by a a mistaken mind, to oppose the plain Word of God.
1. If it would hold, it would exclude Faith as well as Repentance, from being a Condition or Antecedent to Justification, contrary to the Gospel: For Faith is as much a grace of the Spirit as Repentance is. And it is not true that impenitent Infidels are justified, though they may be predestinate to be first called, and then justified, and then glorified,