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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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I find one of them does affirm, That though the Works of the Law are excluded from justifying the Sinner in the sight of God; yet Gospel Works are not: So that they include Love to God, Acts of Mercy, and other Gospel Duties, and Obedience in •oint of Justification, as well as Faith, or join Good Works done under the Gospel and Faith together; and this plainly appears by what Mr. William Allen hath wrote in his Book, called, A Glass of Justification. See p. 18. These are his Words, viz. It is no where, neither in Words nor Sense, said, but he that •oveth not, but believeth on him that Justifieth […] Ungodly, his Faith, is counted to him for righteousness. Sure this Man forgot that Love to God was one great thing the Law commanded: Were not the Israelites, or the People of the ⟨p. 8⟩[…] ⟨p. 9⟩[…] ⟨p. 10⟩Jews, under the Law, to do all they did in Love to God? Thou shalt Love the Lord thy God, with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy strength, &c. He proceeds to blame our Protestant Writers, in asserting Justification by Faith alone, without Works. Brethren, although we do not oppose Faith to Love; as if Faith, that is of the right Kind, can be without Love to God; yet we say, 'tis Faith and not Works; not love, nor Deeds of Mercy, nor any other Gospel Duties, or Obedience, that is counted to us for righteousness. And why to Faith only? Because that Grace only carries us out of our selves to another for righteousness, i. e. to Jesus Christ.
I find one of them does affirm, That though the Works of the Law are excluded from justifying the Sinner in the sight of God; yet Gospel Works are not: So that they •nclude Love to God, Acts of Mercy, and other Gospel Duties, and Obedience in •oint of Justification, as well as Faith, or joyn Good Works done under the Gospel and Faith together; and this plainly appears by what Mr. William Allen hath wrote in his Book, called, A Glass of Justification. See p. 18. These are his Words, viz. It is no where, neither in Words nor Sence, said, but he that oveth not, but believeth on him that Justifieth Vngodly, his Faith, is counted to him for righteousness. Sure this Man forgot that Love to God was one great thing the Law commanded: Were not the Israelites, or the People of the