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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
A DESCRIPTION Of the Spiritual TEMPLE.A DESCRIPTION Of the Spirituall TEMPLE.
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.
1Thirdly, Because there is no promises of salvation to be found in the Antichristian states, that deny Jesus the Christ, 1 Joh. 2. 22. The Reasons are,
- 1Reas. 3.
First, Because all the promise of God are made over to them only that believe in Jesus the Christ, 2 Cor▪ 1. 20. He that believeth in the Son of God hath life, and he that believeth not in the Son of God, hath not life; ⟨p. 48⟩but the wrath of God abideth on him,John 3. 36.
First, Because all the promise of God are made over to them onely that beleeve in Jesus the Christ, 2 Cor▪ 1. 20. Hee that beleeveth in the Sonne of God hath life, and he that beleeveth not in the Sonne of God, hath not life; ⟨p. 48⟩but the wrath of God abideth on him,John 3. 36.
Secondly, Till we did believe in Jesus Christ, we were (in respect of any visible calling) without Christ;being Aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel, and strangers from the Covenant of Promise; having no hope, and without God in the world. But once believers in Christ, Ye who were sometime afar off, are made nigh by his blood, and through him have access by one Spirit unto the Father. And are no more strangers and foreigners: but fellow-citizens with the Saints, and of Gods household, &c.