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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 third Argument.
If the promise be made sure of God unto faith out of grace; Then it is not first made sure to faith out of works.
But the promise is made sure of God to faith out of grace, Rom. 4. 5. to him that worketh not, but believeth on him, that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
But the promise is made sure of God to faith out of grace, Rom. 4. 5. to him that worketh not, but beleeveth on him, that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousnesse.
Therefore the promise is not made sure to faith out of works.