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Discourses on various important subjects, nearly concerning the great affair of the soul's eternal…
Discourses on various important subjects, nearly concerning the great affair of the soul's eternal salvation, viz. I. Justification by faith alone. II. Pressing into the Kingdom of God. III. Ruth's resolution. IV. The justice of God in the damnation of sinners. V. The excellency of Jesus Christ. : Delivered at Northampton, chiefly at the time of the late wonderful pouring out of the spirit of God there. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Three lines from Deuteronomy]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1738
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Third, and last Thing under this Argument, That this Doctrine of the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness is utterly inconsistent with the Doctrine of our being ⟨p. 73⟩justified by our own Virtue, or sincere Obedience. If Acceptance to God's Favour, and a Title to Life, be given to Believers, as the Reward of Christ's Obedience, then it is not given as the Reward of our own Obedience. In what respect soever, Christ is our Saviour, that doubtless excludes our being our own Saviours, in that same respect. If we can be our own Saviours in the same respect that Christ is, it will thence follow that the Salvation of Christ is needless, in that respect; according to the Apostle's reasoning, Gal. 5. 4. Christ is rendered of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the Law. Doubtless 'tis Christ's Prerogative to be our Saviour, in that Sense wherein he is our Saviour: And therefore if it be by his Obedience that we are justified, then it is not by our own Obedience.
Third, and last Thing under this Argument, That this Doctrine of the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness is utterly inconsistent with the Doctrine of our being ⟨p. 73⟩justified by our own Virtue, or sincere Obedience. If Acceptance to God's Favour, and a Title to Life, be given to Believers, as the Reward of Christ's Obedience, then it is not given as the Reward of our own Obedience. In what respect soever, Christ is our Saviour, that doubtless excludes our being our own Saviours, in that same respect. If we can be our own Saviours in the same respect that Christ is, it will thence follow that the Salvation of Christ is needless, in that respect; according to the Apostle's reasoning, Gal. 5. 4. Christ is render'd of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the Law. Doubtless 'tis Christ's Prerogative to be our Saviour, in that Sense wherein he is our Saviour: And therefore if it be by his Obedience that we are justified, then it is not by our own Obedience.