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The sound believer. A treatise of evangelical conversion. Discovering the work of Christ's spirit,…
The sound believer. A treatise of evangelical conversion. Discovering the work of Christ's spirit, in reconciling of a sinner to God. / By Thomas Shepard, sometime of Emanuel-College in Cambridge, since preacher of God's word in New-England. ; [One line from Matthew]
Boston: printed by Green for D. Henchman, 1742
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THE Sound Believer. › Chapter 2 › Section 1: First, Justification.
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By Satisfaction I understand, the whole Obedience of Christ unto the very Death, which is both active and passive, by which we are justified, Heb. 10.10. Phil. 2.8. That Righteousness of Christ (wrought in his Satisfaction) is imputed, which satisfies the Law and divine Justice, Gal. 4.1, to 4. which is both active and passive: The very Reason why the Law requires perfect Obedience of us, which we cannot possibly bring before God, is, that we might seek for it in Christ, that fulfilled all Righteousness: And ⟨p. 195⟩therefore he is called the End of the Law for Righteousness, Rom. 10.3, 4. And it is strange that any should deny Justification by Christ's active Obedience, upon this Ground, viz. because that by the Works of the Law (which satisfy the Law) shall no Sinner be justified; and yet withal say, that we are justified by that which satisfies the Law.
By Satisfaction I understand, the whole Obedience of Christ unto the very Death, which is both active and passive, by which we are justified, Heb. 10.10. Phil. 2.8. That Righteousness of Christ (wro't in his Satisfaction) is imputed, which satisfies the Law and divine Justice, Gal. 4.1, to 4. which is both active and passive: The very Reason why the Law requires perfect Obedience of us, which we cannot possibly bring before God, is, that we might seek for it in Christ, that fulfilled all Righteousness: And ⟨p. 195⟩therefore he is called the End of the Law for Righteousness, Rom. 10.3, 4. And it is strange that any should deny Justification by Christ's active Obedience, upon this Ground, viz. because that by the Works of the Law (which satisfy the Law) shall no Sinner be justified; and yet withal say, that we are justified by that which satisfies the Law.