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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.
The Assumption is proved thus.
If God justifieth us (that is) declareth, and pronounceth us to be righteous, he doth then declare his own righteousness, that he might be just; Then he doth not declare us to be righteous in Christ, upon the sight and evidence of our sanctification, which is a righteousness of our own.
If God justifieth us (that is) declareth, and pronounceth us to bee righteous, he doth then declare his owne righteousnesse, that he might be just; Then he doth not declare us to be righteous in Christ, upon the sight and evidence of our sanctification, which is a righteousnesse of our owne.
But when God justifieth us, that is, first declareth us, and pronounceth us to be righteous, he doth declare his own righteousness; that he might be just.
But when God justifieth us, that is, first declareth us, and pronounceth us to be righteous, he doth declare his owne righteousnesse; that he might be just.
Therefore he doth not first pronounce and declare us righteous upon sight, and evidence of our sanctification, which is a righteousness of our own.