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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.
§ 23. I conclude all with these professions of my opinion of all these Controversies.
I. I believe that the Libertines (commonly called Antinomians) whose Doctrines I have in many Books opposed, do use those ill Notions, and Methods which on pretence of magnifying Christ and free grace, do by plain consequence wrong Christ and Grace, and Subvert the Gospel, and should rather be thence denominated, than from their denying the Law. (The Law of Innocency as a Covenant, and of Moses as Jewish being truly ceased.)
II. I believe that yet most of those that thus err in notions, are not so bad in their Judgment of the matter it self as their words import; but that want of Skill in Terms and Method hath seduced men of dull wits, slight popular studies, and undigested thoughts, to speak worse than they think, and had they more exact distinguishing and expressive Skill, they would show that they mean mostly as others do.
II. I believe that yet most of those that thus err in notions, are not so bad in their Judgment of the matter it self as their words import; but that want of Skill in Terms and Method hath seduced men of dull wits, slight popular studies, and undigested thoughts, to speak worse than they think, and had they more exact distinguishing and expressive Skill, they would shew that they mean mostly as others do.