An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…

Article, That good works are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, that they spring necessarily of a true and lively Faith. And in the 13. Article, That works done before the Grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of Faith in Jesus Christ: Nay, in the close of that Article, our Church saith of such works, We doubt not but they have the nature of sin. As for Mr. Shepherds speech for ⟨p. 486⟩Christ, come in a sense, that they have in some measure resisted his Spirit, refused his Grace, and wearied him with their iniquities; the inviting of such is no more than that of our Saviour, which calls the weary, and heavy laden, to come to him for rest; in which all are concerned, except such as can without Christ earn a sanctity, or holiness at the fingers ends of Nature, and take a nap at home, in a presumption of their own worthiness and self made righteousness.

Article, That good works are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, that they spring necessarily of a true and lively Faith. And in the 13. Article, That works done before the Grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of Faith in Jesus Christ: Nay, in the close of that Article, our Church saith of such works, We doubt not but they have the nature of sin. As for Mr. Shephards speech for ⟨p. 486⟩Christ, come in a sense, that they have in some measure resisted his Spirit, refused his Grace, and wearied him with their iniquities; the inviting of such is no more than that of our Saviour, which calls the weary, and heavy laden, to come to him for rest; in which all are concerned, except such as can without Christ earn a sanctity, or holyness at the fingers ends of Nature, and take a nap at home, in a presumption of their own worthiness and self made righteousness.

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