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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.
If there be any gracious conditions, ⟨p. 4⟩or qualifications wrought in us before union with Christ, then we may be in a state of grace and salvation, before we be in Christ: But that cannot be: Acts 4. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given amongst men, whereby we may be saved.
If there be any gracious conditions, ⟨p. 4⟩or qualifications wrought in us before union with Christ, then we may be in a state of grace and salvation, before we be in Christ: But that cannot be: Acts 4. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given amongst men, whereby wee may be saved.
1If there be any gracious condition or qualification in us before faith, then there may be something in us pleasing unto God before faith:
- 1Reas. 2.
But there is nothing in us pleasing unto God before faith; Heb. 11. 6. But without faith it is impossible for us to please him: for he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.