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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
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1Thirdly, God in this way of Justification goeth above our thoughts. And certainly, when a Christian will set his heart to think about this truth, he must lay this for a foundation, that, in this matter of ⟨p. 5⟩Justifying, Gods thoughts and his thoughts do differ as much as heaven and earth; so that the doctrine of Christs hypostatical union is not more above our thoughts and expectation in the truth of it, to be believed, then that of Justification is above our hearts in the goodness of it, to be embraced. It is in this case with us, as with Sampson, who found honey in the carcass of a Lion, this could not be expected how it could come there; had he found it in some holes of a Tree in the Wood, where Bees will sometimes hive themselves, there had been some probability, but here is none: Thus thinketh the soul troubled, to find this honey of Justification in the death of Christ, how unlikely is it? If I should look for it in the works I do, in my holiness, and righteousness that is wrought by my own hands, this were according to rules of righteousness.
1Thirdly, God in this way of Justification goeth above our thoughts. And certainly, when a Christian will set his heart to think about this truth, he must lay this for a foundation, that, in this matter of ⟨p. 5⟩Justifying, Gods thoughts and his thoughts do differ as much as heaven and earth; so that the doctrine of Christs hypostaticall union is not more above our thoughts and expectation in the truth of it, to be believed, then that of Justification is above our hearts in the goodnesse of it, to be embraced. It is in this case with us, as with Sampson, who found honey in the carkase of a Lion, this could not be expected how it could come there; had he found it in some holes of a Tree in the Wood, where Bees will sometimes hive themselves, there had been some probability, but here is none: Thus thinketh the soul troubled, to finde this honey of Justification in the death of Christ, how unlikely is it? If I should look for it in the works I do, in my holinesse, and righteousnesse that is wrought by my own hands, this were according to rules of righteousnesse.
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