Baxter - BT763 B397 1658

(334) become his Som.: And it is the fame Infirument which pct formeth this, which is called a Promife, Covenant,Tefiament, Difpnfition orLaw ; the name being taken from different re- fpeds or accidental confiderations. Again, I f ftcWord ofChriff do judge us, then that word doth juftifie and condemn : ( For ludging..4i general con - taineth thefe fpecial Adions. ) But the word doth judgeus ( and ¡hall do at thelet day: ) therefore the wird doth jufti- fieand condemn. Again : It is a Rule in theCivil Law (as Vlpian ) that By the fame Way aó anObligation is inducedor caufed , it ,null be re- grooved or defiroyed : But by the curie of the Law, orthe Threatningof Penalty,was our obligation to punifhment, and condemnation induced or caufed : therefore by the way of Law diffolving that caufe, muff it be takenoff. Now asRea.; toe eft obligatioad Pcena?», fo pardonis the diffolving of that Obligation, ordifcharge from it.; (Tema f1` Poena font ad- verfa :) And therefore the Law of Chrift, or this his Pro- mile or Grant, is the Inftrument of Pardoning. And me. thinks, when you are convinced , that God pardoned) by Law or moral Action , you fhould eafily yield, that in the like way he jußifeth. For if you be not of theJudgement, that R mißïon and Jullification are all one : yet youmuff needs yield, that theyare of fo near a nature, that thedif- ference is exceeding !mall, and rather notional and refpec- tive, then real. I might to thefe Arguments add fomewhat from the Blue, and different tendency of this my opinion and the contrary. As that this doth give Gods Laws their honor and dignity, by afcribing to them that higher and more noble and effective Action ; which the contrary opinionde- nying it, doth very injurioufly debafe theScriptures or Laws of God. Alfa that this opinion is the only expedient left, ( that I can find) to avoid the 4nrinomian fancy of anEter- nal Juftification, which all they muff aliert, that fay it is an Immanent Act ( which you juftly and truly deny.) For your way lying in the other extream, z. Overthroweth all conftitutive 7ujlification ; which is not tobe born. ( Whether 4dl¶ardor by the Covenant, I yet know not your mind ) 2, And

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