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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
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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.
Fourthly, That when a man hath first attained assurance of his faith, of his justification, by the witness of the Spirit of Christ, in a free promise of grace, made to him in the blood of Christ, Acts 13. 38, 39. he may discern, and take his sanctification as a secondary witness, or an evident sign or effect of his justification.
Fourthly, That when a man hath first attained assurance of his faith, of his justification, by the witnesse of the Spirit of Christ, in a free promise of grace, made to him in the bloud of Christ, Acts 13. 38, 39. hee may discern, and take his sanctification as a secondary witnesse, or an evident signe or effect of his justification.
The Question being thus stated, I propound the Question thus;