A30137:543
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.
Now the God of Glory, if it may stand with his Glory, give you a sight of your Sins, against the Son of God, that you may as Saul, lye trembling, and being astonished cry out, to be Justified, with the Righteousness of God, without the Law, even that which is by Faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe.
Many other gross Absurdities, which I have omitted in your whole Book, may (perhaps) be more throughly gathered up, when you shall have taken the opportunity to reply. In the mean time I shall content my self with this.
Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sin of the World, Joh. 1. 29.
Even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come, 1 Thes. 1. 10.