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A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to…
A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to the Scriptures. : As it was delivered in several sermons on this subject. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Ten lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by S for Samuel Phillips, 1686
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I mean saving Grace, whereby ruined and condemned man is restored to life, and the lawful Captives are set at liberty, which is a most strange and stupendous thing, Isai. 49.24, 25. God therefore voluntarily accepted of this; and how could he but ⟨p. 62⟩accept of it since it was his own contrivance and he proposed it to the Son, and he came about the work to do his Father Will in it, Psal. 40.7. and he hath given his testimony to this acceptance of his, Isai. 42.1. Behold my Servant whom I have chosen, mine Elect in whom my Soul delighteth. Mat. 17.5. This is my […] loved Son in whom I am well pleased; hear […] him: It is therefore said of the work under taken by him, that the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand, Isai. 53.10.
I mean saving Grace, whereby ruined and condemned man is restored to life, and the lawful Captives are set at liberty, which is a most strange and stupendious thing, Isai. 49.24, 25. God therefore voluntarily accepted of this; and how could he but ⟨p. 62⟩accept of it since it was his own contrivance and he proposed it to the Son, and he came about the work to do his Father Will in it, Psal. 40.7. and he hath given his testimony to this acceptance of his, Isai. 42.1. Behold my Servant whom I have chosen, mine Elect in whom my Soul delighteth. Mat. 17.5. This is my 〈…〉 loved Son in whom I am well pleased; hear him: It is therefore said of the work under taken by him, that the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand,