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Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and…
Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made public, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made publick, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.
London: printed by R. Roberts for Tho. Cockerill, 1691
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For he very well knows Christ's Righteousness will justify no man that never was a Believer; but that which must immediately justify him against this particular Accusation, must be proving, that he did sincerely believe, which shows his interest in Christ's Righteousness, which then is the only deserving cause of his full entire Justification.
For he very well knows Christ's Righteousness will justifie no man that never was a Believer; but that which must immediately justifie him against this particular Accusation, must be proving, that he did sincerely believe, which shews his interest in Christ's Righteousness, which then is the only deserving cause of his full entire Iustification.
There is an Expression in Vol. 1. p. 46. That Salvation is not the end of any good work we do, which is like that of another; we are to act from Life, not for Life. Neither of which are to be rigidly taken, as 'tis likely they were never meant in the strict sense. For the former, this Reverent Author gives us himself the handle, for a gentle interpretation, in what he presently subjoins, where he makes the end of our good works to be the manifestation of our Obedience and Subjection; the setting forth the praise of the glory of the Grace of God; which seems to imply, that he meant the foregoing negation in a comparative, ⟨image 6⟩not in an absolute sense; understanding the glory of God to be more principal; and so that by end, he meant the very ultimate end: so for the other 'tis likely it was meant, that we should not act or work for life only, without aiming and endeavouring, that we might come to work from life also.
There is an Expression in Vol. 1. p. 46. That Salvation is not the end of any good work we do, which is like that of another; we are to act from Life, not for Life. Neither of which are to be rigidly taken, as 'tis likely they were never meant in the strict sense. For the former, this Reverent Author gives us himself the handle, for a gentle interpretation, in what he presently subjoyns, where he makes the end of our good works to be the manifestation of our Obedience and Subjection; the setting forth the praise of the glory of the Grace of God; which seems to imply, that he meant the foregoing negation in a comparative,