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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
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12ly. As all Men are under Sin and Guilt by Original Transgression, so they are also by their own actual Sins: the Wages of Sin is Death, yea, eternal Death; for there is no difference, for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. 2Originally there is no difference in respect of Sin and ⟨p. 15⟩Guilt, nor actually neither between Jews and Gentiles, the Elect and Reprobates, in respect of their State before Grace.
- 1All Men naturally under the Guilt of actual Sins.
- 2Rom. 6.23.
3ly. This also further appears,1 because the Elect before they are in Christ are by Nature the Children of Wrath as well as others. Our sinful Nature is the proper object of God's Wrath,2 every one having a natural averseness to God in them, yea an antipathy to him, and enmity in their Carnal Minds against him:3 and hence also▪ it is said, that God hates and is angry with all the Workers of Iniquity.4
3ly. This also further appears,1 because the Elect before they are in Christ are by Nature the Children of Wrath as well as others. Our sinful Nature is the proper object of God's Wrath,