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A treatise tending unto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of…A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of…
A treatise tending unto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he may discern it, and persevere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set down in the page following.A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he maie discerne it, and perseuere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set downe in the page following.
London: printed by R. Robinson for T. Gubbin, 1590
The Assertion. › Argument 4 › The proof.The Assertion. › Argument 4 › The proofe.
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2 The Church of Rome confuteth an• condemneth in Councils, & derideth thi• doctrine that we teach, that men are to b• justified by the imputation of the righteous nes of Christ: which righteousness is not i• us but in Christ. And the Rhemists call it1 fantastical justice, a new no justice: B•• herein that Church is contrary to it self: fo• it defendeth works of supererogation an• works of satisfaction of one man for an othe• 2& their ground is, because the faithful […] all members of one body, & have fellowship ⟨p. 227⟩one with an other, & therefore one may satisfy for an other. Hereby it is plain, that the Church of Rome most of all defendeth that imputation of righteousness, which most of all it hath oppugned. For when one man satisfieth for an other, the work of one man is imputed to another. But what? shall one man satisfy for an other, & shall not Christ by his righteousness satisfy for us? shall God accept the work of one man for an other, & not accept the righteousness of Christ for us: Truly there is greater fellowship and conjunction between the head and the members, than of the members among themselves: because they are joined together by means of the head.
2 The Church of Rome confuteth an• condemneth in Councels, & derideth thi• doctrine that we teach, that men are to b• iustified by the imputation of the righteou• nes of Christ: which righteousnes is not i• vs but in Christ. And the Rhemists call it1