A53669:294
A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of…
A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of the person and satisfaction of Christ / accommodated to the capacity and use of such as may be in danger to be seduced, and the establishment of the truth by J. Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1669
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.
Answ. 1. Something these Men would say, if they knew what or how; for (1.) That God so loved the World, as to give his only Son to save it, is the expression of the Scripture, and the foundation of the Doctrine whose truth we contend for. That Christ offered himself to make Atonement for sinners, and therein made ⟨p. 191⟩satisfaction to the Justice of God, is the Doctrine it self which these Men oppose, and not any consequent of it. (3.) That God stood off in high displeasure, is an expression which neither the Scripture useth, nor those who declare this Doctrine from thence, nor is suited unto divine perfections, or the manner of divine operations. That intended seems to be that the Righteousness and Law of God required the punishment due to Sin, to be undergone, and thereby satisfaction to be made unto God; which is no consequent of the Doctrine, but the Doctrine it self.
Answ. 1. Something these Men would say, if they knew what or how; for (1.) That God so loved the World, as to give his only Son to save it, is the expression of the Scripture, and the foundation of the Doctrine whose truth we contend for. That Christ offered himself to make Attonement for sinners, and therein made ⟨p. 191⟩satisfaction to the Justice of God, is the Doctrine it self which these Men oppose, and not any consequent of it. (3.) That God stood off in high displeasure, is an expression which neither the Scripture useth, nor those who declare this Doctrine from thence, nor is suited unto divine perfections, or the manner of divine operations. That intended seems to be that the Righteousness and Law of God required the punishment due to Sin, to be undergone, and thereby satisfaction to be made unto God; which is no consequent of the Doctrine, but the Doctrine it self.
4. It is yet farther objected, that if Christ made satisfaction for sin, then he did it either as God, or as Man, or as God and Man.