A42456:182
An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth…
An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth Mr. Wotton, besides his former foul aspersions of heresy and blasphemy, with Arianism, Mr. Gataker with Socinianism, Dr. Gouge and Mr. Downham with a false attestation, Dr. Baylie and Mr. Stock with self-condemnation, all the eight ministers employed in the business between himself and Mr. Wotton with partiality and unjust judgement : upon occasion of a relation concerning that business / written by the said Thomas Gataker and by him now again avowed, wherein the said M. Walkers vindication is in many things showed to be an untrue relation.An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth Mr. Wotton, besides his former foul aspersions of heresie and blasphemy, with Arianism, Mr. Gataker with Socinianism, Dr. Gouge and Mr. Downham with a fase attestation, Dr. Baylie and Mr. Stock with self-condemnation, all the eight ministers employed in the busines between himself and Mr. Wotton with partiality and unjust judgement : upon occasion of a relation concerning that busines / written by the said Thomas Gataker and by him now again avowed, wherein the said M. Walkers vindication is in many things shewed to be an untrue relation.
London: printed by E.G. for F. Clifton, 1642
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And yet that phrase of being clothed with the robe of Christs righteousness, whether I used it before or since, is not material. For neither do I now reject it, nor doth it cross ought, that either I or they, with whom I now concur, hold; being found frequently in their writings, and packnowledged by them: since that I maintain still with them, as always I did, qno other righteousness, whereby we are justified, that is, discharged of the guilt of our sins in Gods sight, but what accrueth unto us from Christ, and the satisfaction made by him unto Gods justice for them: according to that of the Apostle, rHim that knew no sin, did God make sin for us; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
And yet thar phrase of being cloathed with the robe of Christs righteousnesse, whether I used it before or since, is not materiall. For neither do I now reject it, nor doth it crosse ought, that either I or they, with whom I now concur, hold; being found frequently in their writings, and packnowledged by them: since that I maintaine still with them, as alwaies I did, qno other righteousnes, whereby we are justified, that is, discharged of the guilt of our sins in Gods sight, but what accrueth unto us from Christ, and the satisfaction made by him unto Gods justice for them: according to that of the Apostle, rHim that knew no sin, did God make sin for us; that we might become the righteousnesse of God in him.