The Doctrine of Justification by Faith

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But the difference is about the meaning of the words. If so, it may be allowed without mutual offence, though we should mistake their proper sense. Only it must be granted, that God justifieth the ungodly. That is, say some, those who formerly were ungodly, not those who continue ungodly when they are justified. And this is most true. All that are justified ⟨p. 457⟩were before ungodly; and all that are justified are at the same instant made Godly. But the question is, whether they are Godly or Ʋngodly antecedently in any moment of time unto their Justification; if they are considered as Godly, and are so indeed, then the Apostles words are not true, that God justifieth the ungodly; for the contradictory Proposition is true, God justifieth none but the Godly. For these Propositions, God justifieth the ungodly, and God justifieth none but the Godly, are contradictory. For here are expresly 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.