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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion
Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596
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XXVI.
And whereas the Schoolmen also say, that good works have no such virtue in them, to be sufficient unto justification: but that their merit & virtue to justify is by grace: we must learn that there is no grace to work our justification, but that only which moveth God in Christ to embrace us, and to justify us by the merits ⟨p. 80⟩of his obedience and satisfaction for us.
And whereas the Schoolemen also say, that good workes haue no such vertue in them, to be sufficient vnto iustification: but that their merite & vertue to iustifie is by grace: we must learne that there is no grace to worke our iustification, but that only which moueth God in Christ to embrace vs, and to iustifie vs by the merites ⟨p. 80⟩of his obedience and satisfaction for vs.
XXVII.
For God accepteth not our works, but so far as we please him, having put on by faith the righteousness of Christ, that is, which Christ purchased by his death for us, as is a