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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 there be any gracious condition or qualification in us before faith, then there may be something in us pleasing unto God before faith:
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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.
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 hee that cometh to God, must beleeve that hee is, and that hee is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
1But there must be some saving preparatives wrought in the soul, to make way for faith, and our union with Christ. For we must be cut off from the old Adam, before ⟨p. 5⟩we can be grafted into the new: We must be dead to the first husband, before we can be married un•o another.
1But there must be some saving preparatives wrought in the soule, to make way for faith, and our union with Christ. For wee must be cut off from the old Adam, before