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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
24. That we are justified only by inherent righteousness; and that pardon of sin and acceptance for Christs merits and mediation, is none of our justification at all.
25. That a man unjustified must believe that he is justified, that thereby he may be justified (taking justification in the same sense).
26. That God doth not make men just before he sentenceth them just.
27. That Christ justifieth only by his Priestly Office and not by his judicial sentence.
28. That we are justified by no act of faith, but only by the act of resting on (or also accepting) Christs imputed justifying righteousness.