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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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Fourthly, It is not enough for him to prove they are justified before they believe, but also before they be any way united to Christ, Let that union be conceived how it can by us. For if a man be justified, because he is elected, as his third Argument would prove; then he is to show, that Infants not only before they believe, but before they have any union with Christ are justified, for the election of Infants must needs go before their union with Christ. And howsoever the opponent quoteth Austin saying, That which was wrought in John Baptist, to be a singular miracle, yet Serm. 14. d• Verbis Apostoli, on those words, He that believeth not shall be damned, makes this question, ⟨p. 181⟩Ubi ponis parvulos baptizatos? Where put you little children baptized? profectò in numero credentium, truly in the number of believers.
Fourthly, It is not enough for him to prove they are justified before they beleeve, but also before they be any way united to Christ, Let that union be conceived how it can by us. For if a man be justified, because he is elected, as his third Argument would prove; then he is to shew, that Infants not only before they beleeve, but before they have any union with Christ are justified, for the election of Infants must needs go before their union with Christ. And howsoever the opponent quoteth Austin saying, That which was wrought in John Baptist, to be a singular miracle, yet Serm. 14. d• Verbis Apostoli, on those words, He that beleeveth not shall be damned, makes this question, ⟨p. 181⟩Ʋbi ponis parvulos baptizatos? Where put you little children baptized? profectò in numero credentium, truly in the number of beleevers.
His second Argument is to this effect.1 He that is in Christ is justified. Now a man is in Christ, before he doth believe, because the tree must be good before the fruit can be. Therefore a man must be justified before he do believe.