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An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…
An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ, and our union and communion with him by Edward Polhill ..., Esquire.
London: printed for Ben. Foster, 1675
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.
The Righteousness of God (that which he commands and rewards) is the Righteousness of Faith, 1or Righteousness by the Faith of Christ: Now Faith in Christ, is often used objectively for the Gospel of Christ, which is the Object of our Faith; and so the Righteousness of Faith, or by the Faith of Christ, is that Righteousness which the Gospel commands: Thus Acts. 24. Felix sent for Paul, and heard him ⟨p. 327⟩concerning the Faith of Christ, that is, concerning righteousness, temperance and the judgment to come, vers. 25. which are the principal Matters of the Gospel; Thus obedience to the Faith, is obedience to the Gospel, Rom. 1.5. In this sense Faith and Works are opposed in St. Paul's Epistles: the Dispute in the Epistle to the Romans is, Whether we must be justified by the Law of Moses, or by the faith of Christ, that is, whether the observation of all the external Rites and Ceremonies, and an external Conformity of our Actions to the moral Precepts of it will justify a man before God, or that sincere universal Obedience, which the Gospel of Christ requires, which transforms our Minds into the likeness of God. and makes us new creatures? And that this Righteousness of Faith, and this alone can recommend us to God, the Apostle proves from the Example of Abraham, in the 4. Chapter. who was accounted righteous for the sake of his sincere and steadfast belief of Gods Promises; vers. 3. Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness: And this, while he was uncircumcised, which is a convincing argument against the Jews, that Circumcision, and the observation of the Law ⟨p. 328⟩of Moses, is not necessary to justification, because Abraham, the Father of the faithful, and pattern for our justification, was justified without it.
The Righteousness of God (that which he commands and rewards) is the Righteousness of Faith, 1or Righteousness by the Faith of Christ: Now Faith in Christ, is often ujed objectively for the Gospel of Christ, which is the Object of our Faith; and so the Righteousness of Faith, or by the Faith of Christ, is that Righteousness which the Gospel commands: Thus