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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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1IT hath been proved, That God doth not justify or pardon a man till he doth believe; and that the wrath of God abideth upon such an one. It is necessary in the next place to answer those Objections which are propounded by the Adversaries, because some of them carry a specious pretence with them. And indeed the Antinomian with those Arguments he fetcheth from some places of Scripture, is like David in Sauls Armour, not able to improve them, the weapons being too big for him. But before I enter into the Conflict, its worth the enquiry, what the judgement of the Orthodox is in this point.2
1IT hath been proved, That God doth not justifie or pardon a man till he doth believe; and that the wrath of God abideth upon such an one. It is necessary in the next place to answer those Objections which are propounded by the Adversaries, because some of them carry a specious pretence with them. And indeed the Antinomian with those Arguments he fetcheth from some places of Scripture, is like David in Sauls Armour, not able to improve them, the weapons being too big for him. But before I enter into the Conflict, its worth the enquiry, what the judgement of the Orthodox is in this point.2
- 1Whether Justification precede faith and repentance▪ Arguments for the affirmative
- 2From authority of orthodox men.
The Remonstrants, Acta Synod. p. 293. bring several places out of our Authors, Lubertus, Smoutius, Piscator, and Others, wherein they expressly say, That God doth blot out our sins, before we either believe or amend our lives, and that this pardon doth antecede our knowledge of God, Faith, Conversion, or Regeneration of the heart. Thus also D. Twice, in the place before quoted. Pemble also to this purpose (pag. 24.) The Elect (saith he) while unconverted, they are then actually justified, and freed from all sin by the death of Christ; and so God esteems of them as free, and having accepted of that satisfaction, is actually reconciled to them: But the falsehood of this will appear in Answer to the sixth Argument. When Grotius had distinguished of a two-fold remission, a full remission, and a less full remission, holding