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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.
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 two▪fold 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.
- 1The Antinomians answer confuted.
1. That they oppose Christs cleansing and the Spirits cleansing together; for what Christs blood doth meritoriously cleanse away, the same Christs Spirit doth by efficacious application. Hence Christ by his death doth quite remove sin, in respect of the guilt of it here on earth, and doth give his Spirit to crucify the power of it; so that both Christs cleansing, and the Spirits cleansing, do relate to Gods sight: for it is Gods will that we should not only be clean by imputed righteousness, but also by inherent holiness.