A30137:367
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.
2. Christ may be received at first as Lord, and that in our Justification, and yet not at all be considered as a Law-giver, for so he is not the Object of Faith for our Justification with God, but a requirer of Obedience to Laws, and Statutes of them that already are Justified by the Faith that receiveth him as Righteousness. But Christ is as well a Lord for us, as to, or over us, and it highly concerneth the Soul, when it believeth in, or trusteth to the Righteousness of Christ, for Justification with God, to see that this Righteousness Lords it over Death, and Sin, and the Devil, and Hell for us: The Name wherewith he shall be called, is,1 The Lord our Righteousness. Our Righteousness, then is Lord, and Conqueror over all, and we more then Conquerors through this Lord that loved us. The Author to the Hebrews calls him King of Righteousness, 2because by his Righteousness he ruleth as Lord and King, and can reign and Lord it, at all times over all those that seek to separate us from the presence, and Glory of God.
2. Christ may be received at first as Lord, and that in our Justification, and yet not at all be considered as a Law-giver, for so he is not the Object of Faith for our Justification with God, but a requirer of Obedience to Laws, and Statutes of them that already are Justified by the Faith that receiveth him as Righteousness. But Christ is as well a Lord for us, as to, or over us, and it highly concerneth the Soul, when it believeth in, or trusteth to the Righteousness of Christ, for Justification with God, to see that this Righteousness Lords it over Death, and Sin, and the Devil, and Hell for us: The Name wherewith he shall be called, is,1 The Lord our Righteousness. Our Righteousness, then is Lord, and Conquerour over all, and we more then Conqerours through this Lord that loved us. The Author to the Hebrews calls him King of Righteousness, 2because by his Righteousness he ruleth as Lord and King, and can reign and Lord it, at all times over all those that seek to seperate us from the presence, and Glory of God.
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