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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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Before I leave this point,1 it will be necessary to answer some practical Objections, for there is a great miscarriage in many about this very duty of repentance. If they be asked, How they hope to be saved? they will reply, by their repentance. Thus they make that their Ark and city of refuge; they look upon that as the brazen serpent, and not Jesus Christ. And it is no wonder, if this be so among ignorant people, when the most learned amongst the Papists, do give such power and merit unto repentance. Insomuch that Vasques saith, He wonders at those Catholics, who have such low and despicable thoughts of the righteousness in us, as that it should not exclude sin, without any new favour or pardon of God: as if the enabling us to repent, did expel the guilt of sin, as fire doth water, by a natural necessity.
Before I leave this point,1 it will be necessary to answer some practical Objections, for there is a great miscarriage in many about this very duty of repentance. If they be asked, How they hope to be saved? they will reply, by their repentance. Thus they make that their Ark and city of refuge; they look upon that as the brazen serpent, and not Jesus Christ. And it is no wonder, if this be so among ignorant people, when the most learned amongst the Papists, do give such power and merit unto repentance. Insomuch that Vasques saith, He wonders at those Catholikes, who have such low and despicable thoughts of the righteousnesse in us, as that it should not exclude sin, without any new favour or pardon of God: as if the enabling us to repent, did expel the guilt of sin, as fire doth water, by a natural necessity.
- 1Practical Objections concerning repentance.
The first Objection therefore may be, To what purpose doth God require Repentance, seeing it is no cause of pardon? 1