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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
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.
Q. 77. Wherein do Justification and Sanctification differ?
Q. 77. Wherein do Iustification and Sanctification differ?
A. Although Sanctification be inseparably joined with Justifications yet they differ, in that God in Justification imputeth the righteousness of Christt, in Sanctification his spirit infuseth grace, and enableth to the exercise thereofu: in the former, sin is pardonedw, in the other it is subduedx, the one doth equally free all believers from the revenging wrath of God, & that perfectly in this life, ⟨p. 104⟩that they never fall into condemnationy, the other is neither equal in allz, nor in this life perfect in anya, but growing up to perfectionb.
A. Although Sanctification be inseparably joyned with Justifications yet they differ, in that God in Justification imputeth the righteousness of Christ