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The marrow of true justification, or, Justification without works containing the substance of two…
The marrow of true justification, or, Justification without works containing the substance of two sermons lately preached on Rom. 4:5 ... : wherein the nature of justification is opened, as it hath been formerly asserted by all sound Protestants, and the present prevailing errors against the said doctrine detected / by Benjamin Keach ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1692
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Thus having given you several dangerous, and corrupt Notions of Men about the great Point of Justification, I shall proceed to give you in the last place the true Description, Notion, and Definition of it, according as it hath been, and is asserted generally by all sound Christians and faithful Men.
Eighthly, This is that which we say; i.e. That Justification is an absolute Act of God's most sovereign Grace, whereby he imputeth the complete and perfect Righteousness of Jesus Christ to a believing Sinner, though ungodly in himself, absolving him from all his Sins, and accepting him as righteous in Christ.
Eighthly, This is that which we say; i.e. That Justification is an absolute Act of God's most sovereign Grace, whereby he imputeth the compleat and perfect Righteousness of Jesus Christ to a believing Sinner, though ungodly in himself, absolving him from all his Sins, and accepting him as righteous in Christ.
We affirm that Justification is the Acceptance of a Sinner with God as righteous, through the Righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed to him; not that Justification is nothing more but the pardon of Sin, or the not, or non-exacting the Punishment of Sin, due for the breach of the Law of Works, and ⟨p. 17⟩the acceptance of a Man, so far as he performeth the New Condition of sincere Obedience.