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A medium betwixt two extremes wherein it is proved that the whole first Adam…
A medium betwixt two extremes wherein it is proved that the whole first Adam was condemned and the whole second Adam justified : being a sermon lately preached on Rom. 8:1 and now published to prevent the further controversy (in one main point) about justification : to which are added reflections on some passages in Mr. Clark's new book called Scripture-Justification / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for Andrew Bell, 1698
Postscript: A POSTSCRIPT, containing a few Reflections upon some Passages in Mr. Clark's new Book,…
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1I infer (saith he) that we are not justified by the active Righteousness of Christ, or his Obedience to the Law of Works imputed to us; for then a Man would be justified by the Law, and by the Deeds and Works thereof, as much to be reckoned his own, as if they were done personally by himself, (for that is their Sense of Justification) then we are justified by the Law or Covenant of Works, in a Legal and in an Evangelical way; for then the Law is fully satisfied by Christ our Surety, and we stand recti curiâ, and the Law has nothing to say to us, or charge us withal; as if a Surety in Bond pay the full Debt, the Creditor has no Action against the principal Debtor, and there's no Favour at all showed him in his Discharge.
1I infer (saith he) that we are not justified by the active Righteousness of Christ, or his Obedience to the Law of Works imputed to us; for then a Man would be justified by the Law, and by the Deeds and Works thereof, as much to be reckon'd his own, as if they were done personally by himself, (for that is their Sense of Justification) then we are justified by the Law or Covenant of Works, in a Legal and in an Evangelical way; for then the Law is fully satisfied by Christ our Surety, and we stand recti curiâ, and the Law has nothing to say to us, or charge us withal; as if a Surety in Bond pay the full Debt, the Creditor has no Action against the principal Debtor, and there's no Favour at all show'd him in his Discharge.
- 1Pag. 46.
Answ. In all Places where in the New Testament it is said, a Man is not, cannot be justified by the Works of the Law, or by the Deeds of the Law, 'tis evident that the Apostle speaks of that Obedience to the Law, that frail, depraved and impotent Man is able to yield thereunto; and the Reason why no Man can be justified hereby, is,