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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 proof of the Proposition.
The proofe of the Proposition.
It will not stand with the righteousness of God to declare and pronounce a man just, upon the sight of such an imperfect righteousness, as our best sanctification is: And therefore when God declareth, and pronounceth us righteous; He doth it not upon any sight of any sanctification, or righteousness of ours: But only upon the sight of the perfect righteousness of Christ imputed unto us.
It will not stand with the righteousnesse of God to declare and pronounce a man just, upon the sight of such an imperfect righteousnesse, as our best sanctification is: And therefore when God declareth, and pronounceth us righteous; He doth it not upon any sight of any sanctification, or righteousnesse of ours: But onely upon the sight of the perfect righteousnesse of Christ imputed unto us.
The proof of the Assumption.
The proofe of the Assumption.
That when God justifieth us (that is, when he first declareth, and pronounceth us to be righteous) he doth declare his own righteousness, that he might be just, as Paul speaketh,