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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 5
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.
Sol. First, it is his in respect of Inhesion, but it is ours in respect ⟨p. 77⟩of imputation; His personally, ours meritoriously.
Sol. First, it is his in respect of Inhaesion, but it is ours in respect ⟨p. 77⟩of imputation; His personally, ours meritoriously.
Secondly, we may be considered two ways, either absolutely 1and alone, or else as conjoined with Christ: and thus being by faith made one with Christ, he makes over his righteousness unto us, upon which God looks as ours, in the matter of justification.
Secondly, we may be considered two wayes, either absolutely 1and alone, or else as conjoyned with Christ: and thus being by faith made one with Christ, he makes over his righteousnesse unto us, upon which God looks as ours, in the matter of justification.
- 1[…] for me.〈…〉 for me.
Ob. But if Christs righteousness becomes ours so by imputation, that we may be truly accounted and accepted of as righteous; Then by the like reason, because redemption is made ours, we may likewise be reputed true Redeemers and Saviours.