A88592:421
The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…
The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithful labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithfull labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.
London: printed for Nathaniel Brooke, 1653
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The Antinomians have this evasion, say they, A man is pardoned before he believes he is actually pardoned; but when he believes, then he hath manifestation of pardon. On this evasion, a gross error will follow; for by this reason saith is no more instrumental to justification, then as it is declarative to a man that he is justified: whereas the Scripture saith there is more use of saith, for saith is an instrument actually to lay hold on Christ for pardon; the grace of love to Christ, the grace of humility, the grace of self-denial, and the grace of mortification; these do evidence and declare a pardoned state as well as saith: this is to destroy the use of faith, that saith is of little or no use in justification.
The Antinomians have this evasion, say they, A man is pardoned before he beleeves he is actually pardoned; but when he beleeves, then he hath manifestation of pardon. On this evasion, a grosse error will follow; for by this reason saith is no more instrumentall to justification, then as it is declarative to a man that he is justified: whereas the Scripture saith there is more use of saith, for saith is an instrument actually to lay hold on Christ for pardon; the grace of love to Christ, the grace of humility, the grace of selfdeniall, and the grace of mortification; these do evidence and declare a pardoned state as well as saith: this is to destroy the use of faith, that saith is of little or no use in justification.
Again, another absurdity will follow, to say that a man before he repents is pardoned, it is as much as to say, before a man be in Christ, he is pardoned: this is ⟨p. 171⟩false, for without Christ there is no pardon. I might run over many absurdities that would follow in denying this orthodox point.