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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
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.
Thirdly; Much less can faith, in its own nature considered, supply this office; For, if faith; then either as it is an [Habit], or as it is an [Act]: not, verily, as an Habit; for so it falls within the List of Graces, and is a branch of Sanctification. Nor, as it is an Act: For so it is a Work, and would confound the two Covenants.
We assert indeed with the current of Scripture, Justification by faith; but, in the sense of the reformed Churches, sc. Not by virtue of any intrinsic merit in faith; but by virtue of the extrinsic object, which faith layeth hold on; namely, Christ the great Sponsor of the New Covenant; fulfilling the Righteousness of the Law for Believers.
We assert indeed with the current of Scripture, Justification by faith; but, in the sense of the reformed Churches, sc. Not by vertue of any intrinsic merit in faith; but by vertue of the extrinsic object, which faith layeth hold on; namely, Christ the great Sponsor of the New Covenant; fulfilling the Righteousness of the Law for Believers.
Fourthly (lastly:) And least of all can Remission of sin supply the office of the Fac hoc: Take it in the utmost extent, and latitude, that may be, sc. as including Commissions, Omissions, Defects or imperfections even to the least want of Conformity to the Law, either in 1. Life, or 2. Nature.