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Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein…
Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunned, so that all true Christians, of what persuasion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.
London: printed by J.D., 1680
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Part 2 › Chapter 7: Of God's Work by Jesus Christ, for the saving of Sinners.
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First, That those Terms, as above-used, do sometimes only sight, That which God requires for our admittance into a state of Grace. Thus the word Faith, and to believe, is used, Rom. 5.1, 2. Act. 15.9. Rom. ⟨p. 96⟩10.10. And so the word Repentance, and to repent, Mat. 3.8. Act. 26.20. Mat. 11.20. So also Repentance, and Faith, or, The Foundation of Repentance and Faith, Heb. 6.1.
Secondly, That the same terms used alone or together, do oft-times signify the whole that God requires for our admittance into a state of Glory. Thus the words Faith, and to believe, are used, Acts 26.18. 1 Pet. 1.9. Joh. 3.16. Rom. 10.11. Thus also Repentance, and to repent, are used, Luke 24.47. Act. 5.31.