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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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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.
If therefore we seek Justification by any manner of Doing or Works, though upon never so easy and mild a Condition of Obedience, we do thereby bring ourselves under the Terms of the Law; which is a complete Declaration of the only. Terms whereby God will judge all, and condemn all who are not brought to see the Insufficiency that is in it, through the Flesh, Rom. 8. 3. no justify the Soul, and from that sight and sense disown all their Works of Obedience, and accept of Christ his Righteousness and perfect Obedience to the Law, to justify them in the sight of God; for let our Obedience be never I so sincere, if it be not perfect, we are still Debtors to the Law, and are a coursed by it, unless we believe in Jesus Christ; so that all who seek for Justification or Eternal Life knowingly, or ignorantly by any Works done by thenless or more, whether commanded by the Law or Gospel, confound the Terms of the Law and Gospel together.