Baxter - BT763 B397 1658

(3/6 ) etn ) after,makethOfenders juft in Lag,) n oblagatöi ad pcenam ,) feemeth to domore for them by that act, then 'after by pronouncing them jufl. Though yet this laft I know is themolt perfect j uftification,takenconjunaimwith the rat, as the end to which they tend , and as that which giveth them their full effect. Your next Objection is, that this Gofpe! Juftification; [ zs general and indeterminate toparticularperfoni J Anfwer.lt can- not be more certain or effectual. For when it is to all, no man bath reafon to think himfeif excepted I who excludes not himfelfby non-performance of the conditions. ) Every par- ticular man is comprized in All. And for the determination, the Defcription of theperfon is as certain away as the naming of him. To give Chrift and his Ríghteoufnefs to All that will receive bins, is as effectual a determinate Gift to each particular Receiver, as to give him to Peter, maul, yobs by name. If a Pardon be proclaimed, or given in the Laws, to all Offenders that perform fuch a condition; is it not as ef- fectual toeach perfon, as ifhe were named i? If aF.ather.be- queath fach Lands or Monies to all his Children (or a man to all the poor in the town) on condition that they come by inch a day to filch a place, and fignifie their acceptance and gratitude : is not thisas fore and good, as if they were all named e Next, You objeâ, [ This is performed, before the perfon juflifted believes. ] Anfwer. I have Paid enough toyou of thisalready. (ofBapt. pag.io3. ) I add this much : you muff diftinguifh between thePhyfical a& ofmaking this Law, Promife, Covenant, Grant or Teftament : and the Moral Agencyof this Law, Grant or Teflament once made. The former was before we Believed : but the later was not ( pro= perly and fully) till after, Donot all Philofophers and Di- vines in the world that .meddle with it , tell you that this is ufual withmoral caufes, that they may have all their abfolutea. Entity and vim agendi,long before they produe theireffeds i and may be Aftcsprimo, etfi net; fecundoefetlum producente, in being long before. The Law that determinath of your right to your.Poffeffion, or that doth give a Reward to everyman that 1

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