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The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. Or Faith in…
The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. Or Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the only way of salvation for sensible sinners. Discovering the quality, object, acts, seat, subject, inseparable concomitants and degrees of justifying faith. The agreement and difference of a strong and weak faith; the difficulty of believing, the facility of mistake about it, and the misery of unbelief. The nature of living by faith, and the improvement of it to a full assurance. Wherein several cases are resolved, and objections answered. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, Bachelor in Divinity and late minister of the Gospel in Covent Garden.The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. Or Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the only way of salvation for sensible sinners. Discovering the quality, object, acts, seat, subject, inseparable concomitants and degrees of justifying faith. The agreement and difference of a strong and weak faith; the difficulty of beleeving, the facility of mistake about it, and the misery of unbelief. The nature of living by faith, and the improvement of it to a full assurance. Wherein several cases are resolved, and objections answered. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, Batchelour in Divinity and late minister of the Gospel in Covent Garden.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Adoniram Byfield, 1657
The humble sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. › Chapter 9 › Section 2
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Secondly, The meritorious cause, so the Son of God our Mediator, is said to justify us, both as our surety, in paying our debt, and laying down the full price of our redemption, Isai. 53. 11. thereby affording unto us the matter and merit of our Justification, and as our Intercessor and Advocate, pleading effectually for us, that his merits may be imputed to us. Hence is it, Isai. 53. 11. My righteous servant shall justify many. God the Father justifies as a Judge by way of prime authority, and God the Son justifies as a Mediator. The Son justifies as a surety, paying our debt and giving satisfaction to the Father for us to the utmost, and the Father justifieth us, as a Creditor, fully accepting of that price and satisfaction.
Secondly, The meritorious cause, so the Son of God our Mediator, is said to justifie us, both as our surety, in paying our debt, and laying down the full price of our redemption, Isai. 53. 11. thereby affording unto us the matter and merit of our Justification, and as our Intercessor and Advocate, pleading effectually for us, that his merits may be imputed to us. Hence is it, Isai. 53. 11. My righteous servant shall justifie many. God the Father justifies as a Judge by way of prime authority, and God the Son justifies as a Mediator. The Son justifies as a surety, paying our debt and giving satisfaction to the Father for us to the utmost, and the Father justifieth us, as a Creditor, fully accepting of that price and satisfaction.
Thirdly, The applying cause, and thus the Holy Ghost may be said to justify, inasmuch as he conjoins Christ and the soul (by faith,) together, whence ariseth a participation of the righteousness of Christ, and the pardon of sin by him. Once more distinguish of justification, it may be taken two ways, either actively, as a judiciary sentence absolving, acquitting &c. and so we say God justifieth; Or Passively, as a thing apprehended and rested on, and so we say that Faith justifieth; not as if faith did acquit, but as it takes and receiveth the acquittance;