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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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3. In the last place, it remains to make it evident, That Faith only on our part is instrumental to our Justification: that nothing else of ours hath any influence upon the pardon of our sin, and the declaring of us Righteous: ⟨p. 102⟩and to evident this, let it be considered, that there are but two things of our that can make any pretence to have any share in our Justification, and they are our Faith and our works of Obedience to the Law or Command of God, or the exercises […] the other graces of Sanctification in us: […] will therefore suffice to make it appear to […] of Faith alone, and that nothing else that […] done by us can have any influence into it, […] showing how impossible it is that any holy works, or gracious acts of Obedience done by us should contribute any thing to our Justification before God, whence it will follow that either Faith alone, or nothing at […] which proceeds from us is concerned in it and the truth of this will appear to any that shall but throughly weigh these following conclusions.
3. In the last place, it remains to make it evident, That Faith only on our part is instrumental to our Justification: that nothing else of ours hath any influence upon the pardon of our sin, and the declaring of us Righteous: ⟨p. 102⟩and to evident this, let it be considered, that there are but two things of our that can make any pretence to have any share in our Justification, and they are our Faith and our works of Obedience to the Law or Command of God, or the exercises 〈…〉 the other graces of Sanctification in us: 〈…〉 will therefore suffice to make it appear to 〈…〉 of Faith alone, and that nothing else that 〈…〉 done by us can have any influence into it, 〈…〉 shewing how impossible it is that any holy works, or gracious acts of Obedience done by us should contribute any thing to our Justification before God, whence it will follow that either Faith alone, or nothing at 〈…〉 which proceeds from us is concerned in it and the truth of this will appear to any that shall but throughly weigh these following conclusions.