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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.
1If our Faith be first active, to lay hold upon Christ for his righteousness, before God imputeth it unto ⟨p. 41⟩us; Then we take Christs righteousness to our selves, before it be given unto us.
1If our Faith be first active, to lay hold upon Christ for his righteousnesse, before God imputeth it unto ⟨p. 41⟩us; Then wee take Christs righteousnesse to our selves, before it bee given unto us.
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But that we cannot do, for in the order of nature, giving is the cause of taking; unless we take a thing by stealth.
But that wee cannot doe, for in the order of nature, giving is the cause of taking; unlesse wee take a thing by stealth.
1If our Faith be first active in laying hold on Christ for his rightness, before God impute it unto us; then we do justify God, before he doth justify us.
1If our Faith be first active in laying hold on Christ for his rightenesse, before God impute it unto us; then we doe justifie God, before he doth justifie us.