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London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…
London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, profane, and mere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formal, legal, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble believing soul. In a dialogue between a minister of the Gospel. Alexander an ignorant profane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.
London: printed for John Wright, 1646London: printed for Iohn Wright, 1646
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Min. No, you are deceived, it is not so, for as he that thinks he believes, and so hath the Righteousness of Christ imputed unto him for his Justification, deceives himself except the righteousness of the Spirit of Christ be afterwards infused into him for his sanctification; even so he that ⟨p. 120⟩thinks he leads a godly and righteous course of life, and so hath the righteousness of the Spirit of Christ infused into him for his sanctification deceives himself, except the Righteousness of Christ hath been before imputed unto him for his justification.
Min. No, you are deceived, it is not so, for as he that thinkes he beleeves, and so hath the Righteousnesse of Christ imputed unto him for his Justification, deceives himselfe except the righteousnesse of the Spirit of Christ be afterwards infused into him for his sanctification; even so he that ⟨p. 120⟩thinkes he leades a godly and righteous course of life, and so hath the righteousnesse of the Spirit of Christ infused into him for his sanctification deceives himselfe, except the Righteousnesse of Christ hath been before imputed unto him for his justification.
Sim. Sir, I grant it, that a man may think he doth believe when he doth not, and therein deceive himself, because that he cannot see his faith; but me thinks a man should not think he lives a godly and righteous course of life when he doth not, because ⟨p. 121⟩that is to be seen.
Sim. Sir, I grant it, that a man may thinke he doth beleeve when he doth not, and therein deceive himselfe, because that he cannot see his faith; but me thinkes a man should not thinke he lives a godly and righteous course of life when he doth not, because ⟨p. 121⟩