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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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His Miracles therefore tend rather to take Men off of the Pursuit after the Righteousness or Holiness that we had lost; and to Confirm unto us the truth of a far more Excellent, and Blessed thing; to wit, the Righteousness of God, of Christ, of Faith, of the Spirit, which, that you speak of never knew: neither is it possible that he should know it, who is hunting for your sound Complexion, your Purity of Humane Nature, or it's Dictates, as the only True, Real, and Substantial Righteousness. They are Ignorant of God's Righteousness, that go about to Establish their own Righteousness; and neither have, nor can, without a Miracle, submit themselves unto the Righteousness of God. They cannot submit THEMSELVES thereto; talk thereof they may, notion it they may, profess it too they may; but for a man to submit himself thereto is by the mighty power of God.
His Miracles therefore tend rather to take Men off of the Pursuit after the Righteousness or Holiness that we had lost; and to Confirm unto us the truth of a far more Excellent, and Blessed thing; to wit, the Righteousness of God, of Christ, of Faith, of the Spirit, which, that you speak of never knew: neither is it possible that he should know it, who is hunting for your sound Complexion, your Purity of Humane Nature, or it's Dictates, as the onely True, Real, and Substantial Righteousness. They are Ignorant of God's Righteousness, that go about to Establish their own Righteousness; and neither have, nor can, without a Miracle, submit themselves unto the Righteousness of God. They cannot submit THEMSELVES thereto; talk thereof they may, notion it they may, profess it too they may; but for a man to submit himself thereto is by the mighty power of God.
Miracles and Signs are for them that believe not: 1Why for them? That they might believe, therefore their State is reckoned fearful,2 that have not yet believed for all his wondrous Works. And though he did so many Miracles among them, yet they believed him not: But what should they believe? That Jesus is the true Messiah, the Christ that should come into the World. Do you say that I Blaspheme (saith Christ) because I said I am the Son of God; if I do not the Works of my Father believe me not; but if I do, though you believe not me, believe the Works, that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him,