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A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1.…
A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soul before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwall ...A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ...
London: printed by J. Dawson, 1646
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.
The proof of the Minor.
The proofe of the Minor.
From the condition of all these three; the Word, the Work, and the •ight of a renewed Conscience; they ⟨p. 18⟩are all but created blessings, and gifts. Therefore cannot produce of themselves a word of Almighty power. Because the Word without the Almighty power of the Spirit is but a dead Letter; and the Work hath no more power then the Word; nor so much neither. For Faith cometh rather by hearing of a Word▪ then by seeing of a Work, Rom. 10. 17. And the light of a renewed Conscience, is a created gift of spiritual knowledge in the conscience.
From the condition of all these •hree; the Word, the Work, and the •ight of a renewed Conscience; they ⟨p. 18⟩are all but created blessings, and gifts. There•ore cannot produce of themselves a word of Almighty power. Because the Word without the Almighty power of the Spirit is but a dead Letter; and the Work hath no more power then the Word; nor so much neither. For Faith cometh rather by hearing of a Word▪ then by seeing of a Worke, Rom. 10. 17. And the light of a renewed Conscience, is a created gift of spirituall knowledge in the conscience.