A30137:107
A defence of the doctrine of justification, by faith in Jesus Christ
A defence of the doctrine of justification, by faith in Jesus Christ: showing, true Gospel-holiness flows from thence. Or, Mr. Fowler's pretended design of Christianity, proved to be nothing more then to trample under foot the blood of the Son of God and the idolizing of man's own righteousness. As also, how while he pretends to be a minister of the Church of England, he overthroweth the wholesome doctrine contained in the 10th. 11th. and 13th. of the Thirty Nine Articles of the same, and that he falleth in with the Quaker, and Romanist, against them. By John Bunyan.A defence of the doctrine of justification, by faith in Jesus Christ: shewing, true Gospel-holiness flows from thence. Or, Mr. Fowler's pretended design of Christianity, proved to be nothing more then to trample under foot the blood of the Son of God and the idolizing of man's own righteousness. As also, how while he pretends to be a minister of the Church of England, he overthroweth the wholesom doctrine contained in the 10th. 11th. and 13th. of the Thirty Nine Articles of the same, and that he falleth in with the Quaker, and Romanist, against them. By John Bunyan.
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1673
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now when this Spirit is received, embraced and followed, as the Spirit that is of God, then it must be branded with the mark of the Spirit of error, and of Antichrist; because the act in so doing, is most wicked; yea, and Christ himself is made head against, by it.
Now when this Spirit is received, imbraced and followed, as the Spirit that is of God, then it must be branded with the mark of the Spirit of error, and of Antichrist; because the act in so doing, is most wicked; yea, and Christ himself is made head against, by it.
But I say, the holy Ghost is not obtained by these principles, nor by the pursuit of them.
2. Faith is not obtained by the pursuit of your principle; but by hearing of another doctrine, He that presseth men to look to, and live by the purity of humane nature, principles ⟨p. 20⟩of natural reason, or by the Law, as written in the heart, or Bible; he sets the word of Faith out of the World; for these doctrines are as opposite, as the Spirits I spake of before; For Moses describeth the righteousness that is of the Law, that the man that doth these things shall live by them. Now he that receiveth this Law, to do, and live by; he hath set up, and is in pursuit of a doctrine of another nature, then that which is called the righteousness of faith; that being such, as for justification, a•d deliverance from the curse, maketh no mention at all of hearing the Law, or of doing good works; but of hearing of the mercy of God, as extended to sinners; and of its coming to us through the death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus. The righteousness which is of Faith, speaketh on this wise; say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into Heaven (that is to bring Christ down from above) or who shall descend into the deep, (that is to bring up Christ again from the dead) but what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart; that is the word of faith which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy muth the Lord Jesus; and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.