A30137:467
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. The Preaching of free Grace, pressing to believing, and laying hold on Christ's Righteousness, is the most available means under Heaven, to make Men Holy, and Righteous: 1. Before God. 2. Then before Men.
3. The Preaching of these are first, and principally to beget Faith, to beget Life, to beget Souls to God; yea, to beget in Men such a Principle, whereby they may serve God acceptably, with reverence and Godly fear.
3. The Phreaching of these are first, and principally to beget Faith, to beget Life, to beget Souls to God; yea, to beget in Men such a Principle, whereby they may serve God acceptably, with reverence and Godly fear.
4. But to Preach free Grace, doth much condemn your freewill; to Preach Christ's Righteousness doth utter Curse, and Condemn yours; and to Preach the Promise of Grace, doth quite shut out a Covenant of Works: Therefore no marvel if you, who are so Wedded to these things, be such an Enemy to free Grace, the Righteousness of Christ, and the Gospel-promises, that you make even these things a Characteristical note (first abusing the Consequences of them) of a Church-troubling-Preacher.