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The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
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It is gathered from the Text, for as much as works are the effects of faith: And faith and justification according to the nature of relatives, are at once or together in nature. A true believer and a justified man are the same thing. If therefore good works are the effects of a believer, then are they the effects of one justified also. And that works justify us not, is apparent from four reasons.
It is gathered from the Text, for as much as workes are the effects of faith: And faith and justification according to the nature of relatives, are at once or together in nature. A true believer and a justified man are the same thing. If therefore good works are the effects of a believer, then are they the effects of one justified also. And that works justify us not, is apparent from four reasons.
Reas. 1. Because believers are not now under the Covenant of works, and therefore cannot be justified by works▪ but are all condemned by them; if we stand to them in that point, because ⟨p. 163⟩none of them come up to what the Law requires, and so are sinful and imperfect.
Reas. 1. Because believers are not now under the Covenant of workes, and therefore cannot be justified by works▪ but are all condemned by them; if we stand to them in that point, because ⟨p. 163⟩none of them come up to what the Law requires, and so are sinfull and imperfect.
Reas. 2. Because all our good works are debts and therefore they can never properly merit or deserve pardon.