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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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But the Apostles in these Doctrines you mention, had far other Glorious Designs; such as were truly Gospel, and tended to strengthen our Faith yet farther: As,
First, For the Resurrection of Christ; They Urge that, as an Undeniable Argument, of his doing away Sin, by his Sacrificing, ⟨p. 57⟩and Death: He was delivered for our Offences, because he put himself into the Room, and State of the Wicked, as undertaking their Deliverance from Death, and the Everlasting Wrath of God: Now putting himself into their Condition, he bears their Sin, and dyes their Death; but how shall we know that by undertaking this Work he did accomplish the thing he intended? The answer is, He was raised again for our Justification, Rom. 4. 25. even to make it manifest that by the Offering of himself he had Purged our Sins from before the Face of God. For in that he was raised again, and that by him, for the appeasing of whose Wrath he was delivered up to Death; it is evident that the Work for us, was by him effectually done: For God raised him up again. And hence it is that Paul calls the Resurrection of Christ, the sure Mercies of David, Act. 13. And as concerning that he raised him up from the Dead, now no more to return to Corruption; he saith on this wise, I will give thee the sure Mercies of David. For Christ having Conquered and overcome Death, Sin, the Devil, and the Curse, by himself, as 'tis manifest he did; by his rising from the Dead; what now remains for him, for whom he did this, but Mercy and Goodness for ever?
Wherefore the Resurrection of Christ is that which Sealeth the truth of our being delivered from the Wrath by his Blood.