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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
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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, ⟨p. 62⟩given on Condition as a Reward, that Fatherly Love may attain its ends by Sapiential means, and not only by Power; Morally, producing Moral Effects, in conjunction with Love and Power; and thus, that the pardoning and saving Acts of the Covenant, impose Conditions, as receptive qualifications, which yet are all the Effects of Grace, the whole Scripture maketh this a needless task.
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 meerly a Free Gift of Grace through Christ, is yet, as to the Order of Conveyance, ⟨p. 62⟩given on Condition as a Reward, that Fatherly Love may attain its ends by Saptential means, and not only by Power; Morally, producing Moral Effects, in conjunction with Love and Power; and thus, that the pardoning and saving Acts of the Covenant, impose Conditions, as receptive qualifications, which yet are all the Effects of Grace, the whole Scripture maketh this a needless task.