A Body of Divinity, Vol. 3 (of 4): Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger CatechismRidgley, Thomas
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A Body of Divinity, Vol. 3 (of 4): Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism
_Christ our surety_ 77
_He suffered and obeyed as such_ 77
_Properties of a surety applied to him_ 78
_The Father accepted him as such_ 79
_What he did as a surety_ 81
_His righteousness imputed for our justification_ 86
_God provided a surety_ 95
_Note on imputation_ 85, 94
_We could not have provided one for ourselves_ 96
QUEST. LXXII, LXXIII. Of justifying Faith.
_Justifying faith, a note_ 98
_Justification is by Faith_ 99
_This not rightly explained by some_ 104
_Explained agreeably to scripture_ 106
_It cannot be before Faith; how_ 117
_It cannot be by works_ 101
_Not by repentance_ 101
_A full price required by justice_ 103
_Forgiveness free, notwithstanding_ 115
_God reconciled, not made reconcileable by Christ’s death_ 114
_Faith, its various kinds_ 121
_Of the Faith of miracles_ 122
_Of an historical Faith_ 124
_Of a temporary Faith_ 124
_Saving Faith explained_ 125
_Other graces are joined with it_ 99
_But that alone justifies_ _ibid._
_How it justifies a sinner_ 98
_A note_ 110
_It brings in a plea_ 107
_What it pleads_ _ibid._
_How imputed for righteousness_ 112
_Its various objects and acts_ 125
_A note_ 126
_By Faith we receive Christ_ 127
_And give up ourselves to him_ 129
_What this supposes_ 130
_A note_ 128
_Its assent and trust considered_ 119
_Of trust in Christ_ 121
_Its direct and reflex acts_ 132
_When strong, when weak_ 135
_Its use in the conduct of life_ 138
_How it works in common actions_ 138
_How in religious duties_ 140
_How it excites other graces_ 141
_How to be attained and increased_ 142
_How wrought by the word_ 134
QUEST. LXXIV. Of Adoption 148
_This Adoption differs from Man’s_ 145
_What is understood by sons of God_ 144
_Believers God’s sons in Christ_ 146
_Their privileges as such_ 147
_Privileges consequent upon Adoption_ 149
_How it agrees with justification_ 151
_How with sanctification_ 152
QUEST. LXXV. Of Sanctification 152
_The meaning of the word Sanctify_ 152
_In Sanctification the soul devoted to God_ 154
_And sin mortified_ _ibid._
_Proper means of mortification_ 155
_Wrong methods taken for it_ 159
_Vivification, what it imports_ 159
_Holiness, motives to it_ 160
_How it differs from moral virtue_ 161
_Heathens have, in some things, excelled Christians_ 163
_And yet were not sanctified_ _ibid._
_Practical inferences from Sanctification_ 165
QUEST. LXXVI. Of Repentance unto life 166
_Repentance what, a note_ 167
_The subjects of it_ 167
_It is the work of the Holy Spirit_ 169
_How wrought by the word_ 169
_It differs from a legal Repentance_ 172
_Its various acts_ 173
_Inferences from this doctrine_ 175
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