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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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now Daniel counselleth him to break off such wicked ways, by the contrary expressions of love and chastity: So that this place giveth not any spiritual mercy to repentance, as the proper cause thereof.
now Daniel counselleth him to break off such wicked wayes, by the contrary expressions of love and chastity: So that this place giveth not any spiritual mercy to repentance, as the proper cause thereof.
8. As repentance is thus necessary, but not as a cause of pardon: so neither is it required, as that whereby we appease and satisfy God; and this all Popery goeth upon, yea and all Pharisaical spirits, in their humiliation, that by those afflictions and debasements of their souls, they shall satisfy God, and make him amends. But this is so gross, that the more learned of the Papists are fain to mitigate the matter, and say, That satisfaction cannot be properly made to God by any thing we do, because all we have and do is from God, and therefore there must be an acceptation or covenant by way of gift interposed, whereby we may be able to satisfy. And then further they say, There cannot be satisfaction made to gain the friendship of God, which sin hath violated, but to take away ⟨p. 153⟩some thing of temporal punishment that belongs to sin.1
8. As repentance is thus necessary, but not as a cause of pardon: so neither is it required, as that whereby we appease and satisfie God; and this all Popery goeth upon, yea and all Pharisaical spirits, in their humiliation, that by those afflictions and debasements of their souls, they shall satisfie God, and make him amends. But this is so grosse, that the more learned of the Papists are fain to mitigate the matter, and say, That satisfaction cannot be properly made to God by any thing we do, because all we have and do is from God, and therefore there must be an acceptation or covenant by way of gift interposed, whereby we may be able to satisfie. And then further they say, There cannot be satisfaction made to gain the friendship of God, which sin hath violated, but to take away