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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Obj. We are justified by faith, Rom. 4.9. Faith is a work, therefore we are not justified without works, and consequently not by faith only.
Ans. How Faith justifieth hath been spoken before; that faith doth not justify as a work, is evident, Rom. 4, 5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. God makes ⟨p. 320⟩high account of that faith, which accounts of its object as the matter of our Justification; God makes no account of that faith which we account of as a work in the matter of our Justification; the Believer is in this sense no worker; working giveth glory unto man, Rom. 4.2. believing giveth glory unto God, Psa. 20. None so unable to work as the Believer, legally and properly;1 none so able to work the work of new obedience, that is to work Evangelically. Faith puts on, but doth not take one stitch in the garment of Justification; it is (as we saw before) with the Believer, as with the Lilly, which doth not so much as spin, yet Solomon in all his royalty was not clothed like one of them. To work supposeth four things.
Ans. How Faith justifieth hath been spoken before; that faith doth not justifie as a work, is evident, Rom. 4, 5. But to him that worketh not, but beleeveth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse. God makes ⟨p. 320⟩