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The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God…
The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God is drawing the soul to Christ ... : to which is added, in the epistle to the reader, a few words concerning Socinianism ... / by Giles Firmin ...The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God is drawing the soul to Christ ... : to which is added, in the epistle to the reader, a few words concerning Socinianisme ... / by Giles Firmin ...
London: printed 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.
Arg. 4. If Repentance towards God, and Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 1be conditions sufficient to put a man into a state of salvation, then the exalting of the Grace of God above my salvation is a condition needlessly added.
Arg. 4. If Repentance towasds God, and Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 1be conditions sufficient to put a man into a state of salvation, then the exalting of the Grace of God above my salvation is a condition needlesly added.
But Repentance and Faith are sufficient. Ergo.
For the Consequent: To add more than the Gospel requires, to put a man into a state of salvation, is needless, yea, it is boldness for any man to do it, it is in effect an adding to the word; as if God did not know what were sufficient, but we must teach him; and if needless, then there is no danger of this self-love destroying the Soul, as is asserted by him.