A30137:478
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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There is yet another sort of Preachers whom you condemn, and so do I as well as you, though not in your Spirit, nor to advance your Pestiferous Principles: and they are such as make it their ⟨p. 96⟩great business, to advance the petty interest of any party whatsoever, and concern themselves more about doing this, then about promoting, and carrying on that, wherein consists the chief good of all Mankind, and are more Zealous to make Proselytes to their particular Sects, then Converts (I will add first to Jesus Christ, and then) to an Holy Life, and press more exact and ridged conformity to their Modes and Forms, then to the Laws of God, and the Essential Duties of the Christian Religion.
There is yet another sort of Preachers whom you condemn, and so do I as well as you, though not in your Spirit, nor to advance your Pestiferous Principles: and they are such as make it their ⟨p. 96⟩great business, to advance the petty interest of any party whatsoever, and concern themselves more about doing this, then about promoting, and carrying on that, wherein consists the chief good of all Mankind, and are more Zealous to make Prosilites to their particular Sects, then Converts (I will add first to Jesus Christ, and then) to an Holy Life, and press more exact and ridged conformity to their Modes and Forms, then to the Laws of God, and the Essential Duties of the Christian Religion.
Lastly, the Caution which you give to Ministers, because there wanteth for it, among you, a Foundation, is to be esteemed but an Error, and an abuse of the words, and practices of the Apostle. And as for your subtle and close incensing the power to persecute Non-conformists, know that we are willing, God assisting, to overcome you with truth, and patience, not sticking to Sacrifice our lives, and dearest concerns in a faithful Witness-baring against your filthy errors, Compiled and Foisted into the World, by your Devilish design to promote Paganism, against Christianity, Pag. 265, 266.