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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A third rank is of Believers in their progress of holiness and sanctification, walking without any scandal or offence in the ways of God: They, in this Petition have a two-fold sense, the one an Assurance of the Pardon of sins, that are already forgiven them; and the other is a renewed Pardon ⟨p. 197⟩for the renewed infirmities they continually are plunged into.
A third rank is of Believers in their progress of holiness and sanctification, walking without any scandal or offence in the wayes of God: They, in this Petition have a two-fold sense, the one an Assurance of the Pardon of sins, that are already forgiven them; and the other is a renewed Pardon ⟨p. 197⟩for the renewed infirmities they continually are plunged into.
Lastly, There are lapsed Believers, who have fallen into some grievous sins, and thereby have made desperate wounds upon their own souls, and these have agonies and pangs of heart, much like their first conversion. Therefore its called so, When thou art converted strengthen thy brother, saith Christ to Peter. This recovery out of the sin they were plunged into, was like a new conversion. By such a commotion as this made in the soul, there is nothing but darkness and confusion, and they pray for pardon, as if this were the first time. They fear all their former ways to have been hypocrisies. Thus David Psal. 51. prayeth for the restoring of joy to him, that his broken bones may be healed; as also for truth in the inward parts. Now although such a mans former sins were indeed forgiven him, yet it is to his sense and feeling as if it were not so, but rather the contrary is feared by him, that Gods wrath doth still abide on him. Hence he prayeth for Pardon in his own judgement, as one who yet never hath been acquitted by God. So that according to the several conditions of the persons prayings, we may suppose several senses in the Petition.