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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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1Again, It is not beseeming the grace of God, to give pardon without repentance, for hereby a flood-gate would be opened to all profaneness and impiety; and then what sense or taste could men have of the grace of God, if it were thus exposed to all impenitent, as well as repenting? who would magnify grace? who would desire it? So that you see, its neither agreeing with the mercy or the justice of God, to forgive sin before, or without repentance.
1Again, It is not beseeming the grace of God, to give pardon without repentance, for hereby a floud-gate would be opened to all prophanenesse and impiety; and then what sense or taste could men have of the grace of God, if it were thus exposed to all impenitent, as well as repenting? who would magnifie grace? who would desire it? So that you see, its neither agreeing with the mercy or the justice of God, to forgive sin before, or without repentance.
- 12▪ In regard of his grace and mercy.
1A second Objection may be, Why repentance wrought by the Spirit of God is not enough to remove sin in the guilt of it? What necessity is there, that besides this there should be a special and gracious act of God to pardon?
- 1Object. 2. Whether repentance of it self may not take away the guilt of sin.