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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 57: Reasons proving the Necessity of Gods preserving his Children in Grace, That God keeps…
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1. That whatsoever privilege is attributed to Faith either in respect of Justification or Salvation, 1it's not for any merit or dignity in Faith; Therefore it is [Greek or Hebrew] not [Greek or Hebrew] it is through faith not for Faith, for if it were for Faith as a work, then the Apostle Rom 4. would not oppose working to believing, and the worker to a Believer, so that to put any confidence in our Believing, to trust in our trusting, is to give that to Faith which the Jews did to works, and in this sense not only those that seek to be justified by the Law or works fall from Christ, and make him to die in vain, but also those that set up Faith in this Consideration.
1. That whatsoever priviledge is attributed to Faith either in respect of Justification or Salvation, 1it's not for any merit or dignity in Faith; Therefore it is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 it is through faith not for Faith, for if it were for Faith as a work, then the Apostle Rom 4. would not oppose working to beleeving, and the worker to a Beleever, so that to put any confidence in our Beleeving, to trust in our trusting, is to give that to Faith which the Jews did to works, and in this sense not only those that seek to be justified by the Law or works fall from Christ, and make him to die in vain, but also those that set up Faith in this Consideration.
- 11. That whatsoever privilege is attributed to faith either in respect of justification or salvation it is not for any dignity in faith.1. That whatsoever priviledge is attributed to faith either in respect of justification or salvation it is not for any dignity in faith.