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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.
So then, my Brethren, the Controversy (if there be any) lies not in the case of Justification, in respect had to what a sight God hath of it, or how matters are before his eyes, before whom or in whose sight all things were done from Eternity, which were not actually done until things, and persons, in time did, or do actually exist.1 But it lies in this, viz. when, or at what time a Sinner is pronounced a righteous Person, being actually pardoned, acquitted, and discharged from Condemnation, or personally justified as to matter of Fact.
- 1An Elect Sinner not pronounced justified before he is in Christ.
3. Brethren, that Righteousness by which we are justified is called a Gift. Do we receive the Righteousness of Christ, before we received Christ himself? Moreover, certainly no Man receives Christ till he receives the Spirit of Christ. Now the Apostle declares expressly, that when we receive Grace (at leastwise in the Seed) then also we receive the Gift of Righteousness; They that receive abundance of Grace, and the Gift of Righteousness, 1&c.
3. Brethren, that Righteousness by which we are justified is call'd a Gift. Do we receive the Righteousness of Christ, before we received Christ himself? Moreover, certainly no Man receives Christ till he receives the Spirit of Christ. Now the Apostle declares expresly, that when we receive Grace (at leastwise in the Seed) then also we receive the Gift of Righteousness; They that receive abundance of Grace, and the Gift of Righteousness, 1&c.