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An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…
An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ, and our union and communion with him by Edward Polhill ..., Esquire.
London: printed for Ben. Foster, 1675
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But though our pardon and justification be attributed to the Blood of Christ; 1yet I could never persuade my self, that this wholly excludes the perfect Obedience and Righteousness of his life: For the Apostle tells us, That we are accepted in the beloved, Eph. 1.6. Whatever rendered Christ beloved of God, did contribute something to our acceptance: For because he was beloved, we are accepted for his sake: No man will deny, that God was highly pleased with his perfect Obedience: We know how many blessings God bestowed upon the children of Israel, for the sake of their Fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who were great examples of Faith and obedience, which made them very dear to God; and no doubt God was more pleased with the Obedience of Christ, than with the Faith of Abraham; and therefore we ought not to think that we receive no benefit by the ⟨p. 471⟩Righteousness of Christ, when Abraham's posterity was so blessed for his sake: But then Christ's Righteousness and Death serve not two such different ends, as these men fancy; but they both serve the same end to establish the Covenant: God was so well pleased with what Christ did and suffered; that for his sake he entered into a Covenant of Grace with man: As Abraham's Faith was not imputed to his Posterity, as their act; but for Abraham's sake, God entered into Covenant with them, and chose them for his peculiar people.
But though our pardon and justifieation be attributed to the Blood of Christ; 1yet I could never perswade my self, that this wholly excludes the perfect Obedience and Righteousness of his life: For the Apostle tells us, That we are accepted in the beloved, Eph. 1.6. Whatever rendred Christ beloved of God, did contribute something to our acceptance: For because he was beloved, we are accepted for his sake: No man will deny, that God was highly pleased with his perfect Obedience: We know how many blessings God bestowed upon the children of Israel, for the sake of their Fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who were great examples of Faith and obedience, which made them very dear to God; and no doubt God was more pleased with the Obedience of Christ, than with the Faith of Abraham; and therefore we ought not to think that we receive no benefit by the