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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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2. It is evident that Paul speaks it of Believers, even of such as had received the Spirit of Adoption; and so could call God Father.
3. The Price may be paid for the Redemption of Captives, and yet they may not presently be delivered, but may remain in Bondage, in Slavery, and lie in Chains: A Surety may satisfy the Law for a Criminal, or for a Debtor, yea pay the utmost Farthing; but he may notwithstanding lie under the Sentence of Death, or remain in Prison for a time, and not have his personal Discharge.
The Sacrifice may be offered up, and an Atonement may be made, but the Blood may not be sprinkled; the slaying the Sacrifice is one thing, and the sprinkling the Blood is another.1 So the Atonement made for us by Jesus Christ, which is the Price and meritorious Cause of our Redemption and Justification, is ⟨p. 18⟩one thing, and our receiving the Atonement or the application of his Blood to our personal and actual discharge from Sin, Guilt and Condemnation, is another thing: For if when we were Enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; 2much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his Life. We grant God was not only made reconcilable by the death of his Son, but by his Death God was fully reconciled; that is he received a full Satisfaction by that one Offering:3 Faith adds nothing to the Merits of Christ's Blood, or meritorious Sacrifice, but it is by his Life, by his Intercession, that it is made effectual or efficacious unto us, who pleads with God for the Spirit, which he purchased also for his Elect, that so the saving Benefits and Blessings might be applied to them: And therefore the Apostle adds in the next verse,