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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 shall not take up all that might be observed from the words, but endeavour to pick up something out of them, which may lead us to that which I intend, viz. a little enquiry into the great article of Justification: Hence,
DOCTRINE, That Justification of a Sinner before God, flows not from his own legal righteousness, but from the Righteousness of Christ, freely imputed by God, and received by Faith.
DOCTRINE, That Justification of a Sinner before God, flows not from his own legal righteousness, but from the Righteousness of Christ, freely impated by God, and received by Faith.
That Paul is here speaking of Justification, is very plain and evident; for he fully describes to us the quality of that righteousness which he would appear in before Gods Tribunal; and no other reason can be rendered why he should be so careful about his Righteousness then; but upon the account of his standing justified, and escaping of Condemnation; nay, though he names not ⟨p. 7⟩the word, yet his terms are the very description of Justification by him else where,
That Paul is here speaking of Justification, is very plain and evident; for he fully describes to us the quality of that righteousness which he would appear in before Gods Tribunal; and no other reason can be rendred why he should be so careful about his Righteousness then; but upon the account of his standing justified, and escaping of Condemnation; nay, though he names not ⟨p. 7⟩the word, yet his terms are the very description of Justification by him else where,