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The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…
The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Iury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1651
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.
Secondly, That the Spirit of God seeth them, takes notice of them, they are loathsome to him, and therefore he mortifieth them. Now the Spirit of God being the same with God, that which he mortifieth, must needs be taken notice of by him as offensive.
To this what do they answer?
They say, We do not mortify sin, no not by Gods Spirit, 1out of Gods sight, but only out of our own sight, so that when the Spirit of God overcometh a corruption in us, this is not by removing it out of Gods sight, but our own only, Honey-Comb, pag. 164. for (say they) Christs righteousness being made ours, we are all clean before God, and that which the Spirit of God doth afterwards in sanctification, is cleansing away sin only declaratively before men; Hence (as you heard) they distinguish of a two▪fold cleansing, one secret and mystical by Christs righteousness, and the other palpable and gross to our sense and feeling, which is by Gods spirit in us; but here are many mistakes and errors.
They say, We do not mortifie sin, no not by Gods Spirit, 1out of Gods sight, but only out of our own sight, so that when the Spirit of God overcometh a corruption in us, this is not by removing it out of Gods sight, but our own only, Honey-Comb, pag. 164. for (say they) Christs righteousnesse being made ours, we are all clean before God, and that which the Spirit of God doth afterwards in sanctification, is cleansing away sin only declaratively before men; Hence (as you heard) they distinguish of a twofold cleansing, one secret and mysticall by Christs righteousnesse, and the other palpable and grosse to our sense and feeling, which is by Gods spirit in us; but here are many mistakes and errours.