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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
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2. Faith, As it respecteth Justification in the sight of God, must know nothing to rest upon, but the Mercy of God, through Christ's Blood: But if the Curse be not taken away, Mercy also hangeth in Suspense; yea, lieth as drowned, and hid in the bottom of the Sea. This Doctrine then of yours, overthroweth Faith, and rusheth the Soul into the Works of the Law, the Moral Law; and so quite Involveth it in the fear of the Wrath of God, maketh the Soul forget Christ, taketh from it the Object of Faith; and if a Miracle of Mercy prevent not, the Soul must dye in everlasting Desperation.
2. Faith, As it respecteth Justification in the sight of God, must know nothing to rest upon, but the Mercy of God, through Christ's Blood: But if the Curse be not taken away, Mercy also hangeth in Suspence; yea, lyeth as drowned, and hid in the bottom of the Sea. This Doctrine then of yours, overthroweth Faith, and rusheth the Soul into the Works of the Law, the Moral Law; and so quite Involveth it in the fear of the Wrath of God, maketh the Soul forget Christ, taketh from it the Object of Faith; and if a Miracle of Mercy prevent not, the Soul must dye in everlasting Desperation.
But (say you) it is Suspended till such time as the forementioned Conditions, by the help of his Grace, be performed by us, Pag. 92.
Answ. Had you said the Manifestation of it is kept from us; it might, with some Allowance, have been Admitted▪ But yet the Revelation of it in the Word, which in some Sense may be called a Manifestation thereof, is first Discovered to us by the Word: Yea,1 is seen by us; and also believed as a truth Recorded; before the Enjoyment thereof be with comfort in our own Souls.