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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.
Secondly, To take a mans sanctification, for an evident cause or ground of that faith whereby he is justified, is utterly unsafe; for faith is built▪ upon Jesus, the Christ, the head corner stone, Ephes. 2. 20. Mat. 16. 16. and not upon works: A good work floweth from faith not faith from them.
Secondly, To take a mans sanctification, for an evident cause or ground of that faith whereby hee is justified, is utterly unsafe; for faith is built▪ upon Jesus, the Christ, the head corner stone, Ephes. 2. 20. Mat. 16. 16. and not upon works: A good work floweth from faith not faith from them.
Thirdly, To take common sanctification, that is, such a reformation and a change of life as floweth from a spirit of bondage, restraining from sin, and constraining unto duty, and sometimes accompanied with enlargement and comforts in duty; yet without the sense and feeling of the need of Christ, and before union with him, to take such a sanctification for an evident sign of justification, is to build upon a false and sandy foundation.
Thirdly, To take common sanctification, that is, such a reformation and a change of life as floweth from a spirit of bondage, restraining from sin, and constraining unto duty, and sometimes accompanied with enlargement and comforts in duty; yet without the sense and feeling of the need of Christ, and before union with him, to take such a sanctification for an evident signe of justification, is to build upon a false and sandy foundation.