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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
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.
The Apostle doth not say, there is no Sin in them which are in Christ Jesus, nor any thing worthy or deserving Condemnation: Nor doth he say, there is no Affliction, no Correction, no fatherly Chastisements to them which are in Christ; but there is no Condemnation. 'Tis one thing to be chastened, and another to be condemned: tho all Legal Guilt is for ever gone, yet many Infirmities may attend such as are in Christ Jesus; and tho God punisheth them not as an angry Judg, yet he may correct them as an offended Father: When we are judged we are chastened of the Lord, 1that we should not be condemned with the World. Tho God is not so severe and unjust to condemn them, yet he is so wise, so holy, and so faithful as to correct them.
The Apostle doth not say, there is no Sin in them which are in Christ Jesus, nor any thing worthy or deserving Condemnation: Nor doth he say, there is no Affliction, no Correction, no fatherly Chastisements to them which are in Christ; but there is no Condemnation. 'Tis one thing to be chastned, and another to be condemned: tho all Legal Guilt is for ever gone, yet many Infirmities may attend such as are in Christ Jesus; and tho God punisheth them not as an angry Judg, yet he may correct them as an offended Father: When we are judged we are chastned of the Lord, 1that we should not be condemned with the World. Tho God is not so severe and unjust to condemn them, yet he is so wise, so holy, and so faithful as to correct them.
[Now] This [Now] refers (as some think) to what precedes, others take it as an Adverb of Time, i.e. in time past it was otherwise; once they who are now in Christ Jesus were in the first Adam, dead and condemned Adam; and were under the Law,1