41:6° ryye tnuft'ttot lean to any Rig1 teou fiat fs within us. C x A P. 3 Mr. Baxter hinteth force other help of God betides predetermination ; but what that is , he telleth us not ; is it his Concourfe ? From this the fame in conveniences will flow , that floe:' from Predetermination. A nd befide Mr. Baxter feetneth to incline more to Durandus's his opinion , & A dola's, which even the jefuitcs are ashamed to owne , and his friend D. Strang doth directly confute ; as loving to fet man yet higher up , than they dardo. Doth Mr. Baxter think that is efhentiar to man to have fuch a free power , as that of himfelf he ran fpecifie the acts of his own will, without any predetermining Motion of God ? Can he then beleeve in Chrift. Hopefavingly in God, yeeld Chriflian Obedience ro all thecomtmands of God without God's Predeter- mining motion upon his heart ? And is that Common General influx, whe- reby he is preferved in his being , & his faculties & power not taken away,. eno.tgh to make a man turn from Nature unto Grace , if he will be fo good natured as to bow his own will , & determine himfelf, as he may ? Why do we then condemne the Pelagian: ?. What did or could Pelagius fay more ? lß.ut enough of this here. In the following, 'Paragraph ( n. a S S. ) He tels us , that force men reach, that Chrift ftrippeth a Chriftian of two things, his Sins, & his Righteoufnefs. Or that two Things muff be call away for Chrift Sins & Righteoufnefr . And he is not fatisfied with fuch fpeeches, though they be confonant to , yea upon the matter, the very fame with the fpeeches of Paul Phil. 3: S, g. He faith they should fpeak better,;ìf they would not deceive. And why faith he not fo of the Apoftle Paul alto ? May it ferve him , that we fpeak , as Paul did ? Nothing ( faith he ) is to be call an ;ay , as evil , but fin. True ; and yet the Apoftle deíjred to be found in Chrit , not having, his own Righteoufnefs; & what was a Righteoufnefs in his eyes before , and was a Righteoufnefs which is in the Law , and wherein he was blamclefs , he now accounted lofs for Chritf , yea he accounted them but dung ; which includeth a rejec`iing & calling of it away with deteftation. He addeth,R,;ghteoufnefs tritely fuch is good, never to be call away. If it be no R.ighteou fnefs , why do they fa /fly fay , that- rtre,mufi cafl away our Righteoufnefs? Anf. Let the Apoftle Paul anfwere this, whom it concerneth as much , as us : And let Mr. Baxter in fobernefs con- fider, how this refle ð upon the Spirit of the Lord, infpiring the Apoftle to (peak fo. As for us , we are not very anxious in this matter, . out can free- ly tell Mr. Baxter , that though our perfonal Righteoufnefs be good; Yet in the matter of juftification before God , and abfolution from the condemna- tory fenrence of the Law , & adjudication to life, we mull lay it afide , and betake ourfelves folely to the Righteoufnefs of Chrift , and Peek to be found in him alone , after the example of the Apotile, & according to the clear doctrine of the Gofpel; And this we are refolved to do, how difpleafed. foe - ver Mr. Baxterbe with us upon that account. He addeth. To call away a falfe conceit of Righteoufnefs , is not to cal? as way Righteoufnefs but Sin only; indeed befide fin , we are Paid juflly to call a- way that, which would be the object & matter of fin :. And the pbra fe is fitlier applied to a thing Indifferent;. than to a thing neceflary , lefl it (educe. Anf. To account our Righteoufnefs,confifting in our obedience to theLaw,to be dung,. as>
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