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The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace
The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the sovereignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the soveraignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...
Edinburgh: printed by Andro Anderson for Robert Brown, 1655
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.
should be turned over in an act of believing, mixed with much doubting and in our sinful obedience; And the Socinians have more reason for them to say, there is no necessity of any real satisfaction of blood payed for us, then the Arminians and Papists: For if our righteousness and inherent obedience may be of grace esteemed formal righteousness before God, by a free Evangelic paction and an act of Gods free-will: the Lord might have esteemed the eating of an apple, or any act of obedience, our formal righteousness, and so Christ dyed in vain, to become our righteousness, where an act of a sinful man, or a deed of the Law, even the Law of faith is sufficient. What needs the shedding of the blood of God? Frustrà fit per plura, quod aequè benè potest fieri per pauciora. There's no need of real satisfaction.
should be turned over in an act of believing, mixt with much doubting and in our sinfull obedience; And the Socinians have more reason for them to say, there is no necessity of any reall satisfaction of blood payed for us, then the Arminians and Papists: For if our righteousnesse and inherent obedience may be of grace esteemed formall righteousnesse before God, by a free Evangelick paction and an act of Gods free-will: the Lord might have esteemed the eating of an aple, or any act of obedience, our formall righteousnesse, and so Christ dyed in vain, to become our righteousnesse, where an act of a sinfull man, or a deed of the Law, even the Law of faith is sufficient. What needs the shedding of the blood of God? Frustrà fit per plura, quod aequè benè potest fieri per pauciora. There's no need of reall satisfaction.
2. Faith imputed doth well bear the sense of the object that faith lays hold on, as our righteousness, Rom. 3.21. Now the ⟨p. 173⟩righteousness of God without the Law is manifested. What righteousness of God? ver. 22. Even the righteousness of God through faith of Jesus Christ unto all. Now if the righteousness of God is manifested without one Law, to wit, of works, why not without another Law, of faith and of inherent Gospel-righteousness? And what need that Christ should die, if the act of believing should be that precious righteousness of God, and that according to the Law of faith? This by the way. As hope is put for the object hoped for? As