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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 18: The nature of Justification as declared in the Epistles of S. Paul, in that unto the Ro…
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But always, and in all places, they respect something that is peculiar in or unto them, unto whom they are ascribed. Wherever any thing is ascribed unto one and not unto another, with respect unto any good end, there is fundamentum [Greek or Hebrew], a foundation for boasting. All this saith the Apostle in the matter of our Justification is utterly excluded. But wherever respect is had unto any condition or qualification in one more than another, especially if it be of works, it giveth a ground of boasting, as he affirms, Chap. 4.2. And it appears from comparing that verse with this, that wherever there is any influence of our own works into our Justification, there is a ground of boasting; but in Evangelical Justification, no such boasting in any kind can be admitted: Wherefore there is no place for Works in our Justification before God; for if there were, it is impossible but that a [Greek or Hebrew] in one kind or other before God, or man must be admitted.
But alwayes, and in all places, they respect something that is peculiar in or unto them, unto whom they are ascribed. Wherever any thing is ascribed unto one and not unto another, with respect unto any good end, there is fundamentum 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a foundation for boasting. All this saith the Apostle in the matter of our Justification is utterly excluded. But wherever respect is had unto any condition or qualification in one more than another, especially if it be of works, it giveth a ground of boasting, as he affirms, Chap. 4.2. And it appears from comparing that verse with this, that wherever there is any influence of our own works into our Justification, there is a ground of boasting; but in Evangelical Justification, no such boasting in any kind can be admitted: Wherefore there is no place for Works in our Justification before God; for if there were, it is impossible but that a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in one kind or other before God, or man must be admitted.
2. He infers a general conclusion, that a man is justified by Faith without the Works of the Law, v. 28. What is meant by the Law, and what by the Works of the Law in this discourse