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The Doctrine of Justification by Faith
The doctrine of justification by faith through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ, explained, confirmed, & vindicated by John Owen ...
London: printed for R. Boulter, 1677
Chapter 1: Justifying Faith, the Causes, Object, and Nature of it, declared.
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.
This Faith I grant to be true in its kind, and not merely to be equivocally so called; it is not [Greek or Hebrew]; It is so as unto the general nature of Faith; but of the same special nature with justifying Faith it is not. Justifying Faith is not an higher, or the highest, degree of this Faith, but is of another kind or nature. Wherefore sundry things may be observed concerning this Faith in the utmost improvement of it unto our present purpose. As,
This Faith I grant to be true in its kind, and not meerly to be equivocally so called; it is not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; It is so as unto the general nature of Faith; but of the same special nature with justifying Faith it is not. Justifying Faith is not an higher, or the highest, degree of this Faith, but is of another kind or nature. Wherefore sundry things may be observed concerning this Faith in the utmost improvement of it unto our present purpose. As,
1. This Faith with all the effects of it, men may have and not be justified; and if they have not a Faith of another kind they cannot be justified. For Justification is no where ascribed unto it, yea it is affirmed by the Apostle James, That none can be justified by it.
2. It may produce great Effects in the Minds, Affections, and Lives of Men, although not one of them that are peculiar unto justifying Faith. Yet such they may be, as that those in whom they are wrought may be, and ought in the Judgment of Charity to be looked on as true Believers.