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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.
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.