CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

¹3. This therefore implieth, That believing on Christ doth not justify for any dignity or intrinsical worth it hath. Not because it's a more excellent and noble grace, but merely because that alone is receiving and applicative of Christ. We receive only by faith, as we do corporally only by the hands, yet the hands are not more noble then the eyes or the head. Hence the Scripture never saith [Greek or Hebrew], but [Greek or Hebrew], not for faith, but through faith; and it's never said actively, saith justifieth, but by faith we are justified passively; So that as it would be absurd to say, That the beggars hand hath made him rich, in receiving large alms: so it would be as absurd to attribute it to the dignity of faith, when by it we are justified.

¹3. This therefore implieth, That believing on Christ doth not justifie for any dignity or intrinsecal worth it hath. Not because it's a more excellent and noble grace, but meerly because that alone is receiving and applicative of Christ. We receive only by faith, as we do corporally only by the hands, yet the hands are not more noble then the eyes or the head. Hence the Scripture never saith 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, not for faith, but through faith; and it's never said actively, saith justifieth, but by faith we are justified passively; So that as it would be absurd to say, That the beggars hand hath made him rich, in receiving large alms: so it would be as absurd to attribute it to the dignity of faith, when by it we are justified.

1. 13. That faith doth not justify for any intrinsical worth in it.3. That faith doth not justifie for any intrinsecal worth in it.

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