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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.
Sect. 11. 10. Should I prove, that Christ in •sse objectivo, as the Object of Faith, is the very specifying form of that Faith it self; and so, that to be Justified by the Object as such, and not by that Faith it self, is a notorious putid Contradiction; or should I stand to prove that Faith it self, is said by Paul, to be Imputed for Righteousness in mere subordination to the meritorious Sacrifice and Righteousness of Christ, and in conjunction with Free Pardon and Adoption purchased by Christ; how needless a work is this made by the Text?
Sect. 11. 10. Should I prove, that Christ in •sse objectivo, as the Object of Faith, is the very specifying form of that Faith it self; and so, that to be Justified by the Object as such, and not by that Faith it self, is a notorious putid Contradiction; or should I stand to prove that Faith it self, is said by Paul, to be Imputed for Righteousness in meer subordination to the meritorious Sacrifice and Righteousness of Christ, and in conjunction with Free Pardon and Adoption purchased by Christ; how needless a work is this made by the Text?
Sect. 12. 11. Should I stand to prove, that Elect Infidels, Atheists, or wicked Men are not Justified, while such (save as God maketh them Just by Conversion & Pardon) all the Scripture tell us, it is needless, and that Eternal Electing to Justification, is not Justifying; nor yet Christs dying for us, till He be given to us, as well as for us.
Sect. 13. 12. Should I stand to prove, that men shall be judged according to their Works, and that God is the Rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and that Christ hath frequently promised Rewards, and that the same Salvation, which, as to Value, is no Debt, but merely a Free Gift of Grace through Christ, is yet, as to the Order of Conveyance,