David Dickson on the atonement and justification

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... To shew forth.] Argum. 9. God in this present time of the Gospel hath set forth Christ as the means of appeasing his anger, to those that embrace it by Faith, that by this way of justifying, his Righteousness might be manifest in the time past, in his forbearance and forgiveness of sins past, which from the beginning of the world he hath forborne and forgiven, to wit, that God did not pardon the sins of his own, but upon the account of the Propitiatory Sacrifice of Christ, which was to come, and that without any violation of his Justice: Therefore this ground of our Justification is no less to be asserted, than the glory of God’s Justice is to be manifested. The matter is clear: For if Justification by Faith in the Blood of Christ, shews that God never pardoned sins, but upon satisfaction made to his Justice by the Blood of Christ, certainly he would have the righteousness of God concealed, that would determine any other ground of our Justification than by Faith.

That he might be just] This confirms the Argument, that God hath set forth Christ, that he might be a Propitiation through Faith in his Blood; not only that he might declare himself just in sending the promised Messias, for whose sake freely and also justly he would pardon sin, but that he might shew himself the Author and Doner of true Righteousness to us, (that were without any righteousness of our own) by believing in Jesus Christ: Therefore this ground of our Justification by Faith, is no less to be maintained, than the glory of God’s Justice, Faithfulness and Goodness, to be declared in justifying Believers. ...

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David Dickson on the atonement and justification

Commenting on Romans 3:25, 26, David Dickson wrote the following about Christ’s atoning death and our justification: Argum. 8. God hath set forth Christ that he might be a Reconcilement, and …

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