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Two treatises tending to awaken secure sinners viz., 1. The terror of the day…
Two treatises tending to awaken secure sinners viz., 1. The terror of the day of judgment, from 2 Cor. 5. 10, 2. The danger of slighting Christ and his Gospel, from Matth. 22. 5 / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Jonas Luntley, 1696
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.
He that is falsely accused of such Non-performance of the Condition of Grace, must deny the Accusation, and plead his own personal Righteousness as against that Accusation, and produce that Faith, Repentance and sincere Obedience and Perseverance, by which he fulfilled that Condition, and so is Evangelically Righteous in himself, and therefore hath part in the Blood of Christ, which is instead of a Legal Righteousness to him in all things else, as having procured him a Pardon of all his Sins, and a Right to everlasting Glory.
He that is falsly accused of such Non-performance of the Condition of Grace, must deny the Accusation, and plead his own personal Righteousness as against that Accusation, and produce that Faith, Repentance and sincere Obedience and Perseverance, by which he fulfilled that Condition, and so is Evangilically Righteous in himself, and therefore hath part in the Blood of Christ, which is instead of a Legal Righteousness to him in all things else, as having procured him a Pardon of all his Sins, and a Right to everlasting Glory.
And thus we must then be justified by Christ's Satisfaction only against the Accusation of being Sinners in general, and of deserving God's Wrath for the Breach of the Law of Works; but we must be justified by our Faith, Repentance and sincere Obedience it self, against the Accusation of being Impenitent, Unbelievers ⟨p. 16⟩and Rebels against Christ, and having not performed the Condition of the Promise, and so having no part in Christ and his Benefits.
And thus we must then be justified by Christ's Satisfaction only against the Accusation of being Sinners in general, and of deserving God's Wrath for the Breach of the Law of Works; but we must be justified by our Faith, Repentance and sincere Obedience it self, against the Accusation of being Impenitent, Vnbelievers ⟨p. 16⟩and Rebels against Christ, and having not performed the Condition of the Promise, and so having no part in Christ and his Benefits.