A55299:99
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
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.
Justice being satisfied, 1a comfortable Scene appears; now God embraces sinners, and accounts them perfectly innocent in Christ's Satisfaction: But this is not enough, the Law must be fulfilled, as well as his Justice satisfied; we must be righteous as well as innocent; otherwise we may escape punishment, but can expect no reward: (though, I confess, I should have thought, that Christ had satisfied for sins of omission together with sins of commission: And as by his satisfaction for doing what we ought not to do, we are reputed by God, as having never done any thing amiss; so by his Satisfaction for our neglecting what we ought to have done, we might by the same reason be reputed by God perfectly righteous, to have done all that we ought, to have kept the whole Law; but it seems this was not sufficient)[…] ⟨p. 81⟩and therefore as Christs satisfaction is imputed to us for the forgiveness of sins; so his righteousness is imputed to us, to make us perfectly righteous.
Justice being satisfied, 1a comfortable Scene appears; now God embraces sinners, and accounts them perfectly innocent in Christ's Satisfaction: But this is not enough, the Law must be fulfilled, as well as his Justice satisfied; we must be righteous as well as innocent; otherwise we may escape punishment, but can expect no reward: (though, I confess, I should have thought, that Christ had satisfied for sins of omission together with sins of commission: And as by his satisfaction for doing what we ought not to do, we are reputed by God, as having never done any thing amiss; so by his Satisfaction for our neglecting what we ought to have done, we might by the same reason be reputed by God perfectly righteous, to have done all that we ought, to have kept the whole Law; but it seems this was not sufficient)〈…〉 ⟨p. 81⟩and therefore as Christs satisfaction is imputed to us for the forgiveness of sins; so his righteousness is imputed to us, to make us perfectly righteous.
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