A30137:393
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.
I come now to the Second thing; viz. The Doctrine of the imputation of Christ's Righteousness, which you thus Expound.
It Consists in dealing with sincerely Righteous Persons, as if they were perfectly so, for the sake, and upon the account of Christ's Righteousness, Pag. 225, 226.
Answ. 1. Any thing but truth; But I would know how sincerely Righteous they were that were Justified without Works? or how sincerely Righteous they were, whom God Justified, as Ungodly? Rom. 4. 3, 4, 5.
2. Your Explication of the imputation of Christ's Righteousness makes it respect our Works rather then our Persons; It Consists, say you, in dealing with sincerely Righteous Persons, as if they were Perfectly so: That is, it Justifieth their imperfect Righteousness First, and so Secondarily their Persons for the sake of that.