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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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Answ. 1. The difference betwixt the Law and the Gospel (as all our true Protestant Divines teach) doth not at all consist in this; i. e. that the one requires perfect Obedience, and the other only sincere Obedience; but in this, that the one requires doing, Do this and live; but the other, no doing but believing for Life and Salvation: their Terms differ not only in degree, but in their whole Nature.
2. The Apostle, 'tis evident, opposeth the believing required in the Gospel to all manner of doing or working for Life, as the Condition proper to the Law, The Law is not of Faith, but the Man that doth them shall live in them. Faith in Jesus Christ the Mediator, is not commanded by the Law by which the Soul shall live, the Law saith nothing of this; this is not of the Law: And the Gospel speaks nothing of doing or working for Life, neither of perfect•or […] Obedience, but the direct contrary, He that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the Ungodly, his Faith; not his Obedience to the Gospel, but his Faith is counted for Righteousness.
2. The Apostle, 'tis evident, opposeth the believing required in the Gospel to all manner of doing or working for Life, as the Condition proper to the Law, The Law is not of Faith, but the Man that doth them shall live in them. Faith in Jesus Christ the Mediator, is not commanded by the Law by which the Soul shall live, the Law saith nothing of this; this is not of the Law: And the Gospel speaks nothing of doing or working for Life, neither of perfect•or 〈…〉 Obedience, but the direct contrary, He that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the Vngodly, his Faith; not his Obedience to the Gospel, but his Faith is counted for Righteousness.