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The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis…
The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preached in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preach'd in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nicholas Buttolph, 1700
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Now, as the Covenant of Grace is Ordered in all things, there is an Order of things here fixed by God. If we are Justified by Faith, sure we are not Justified Before it, or, Without it. There is this Orderly Connection, in the Golden Chain of Salvation. Rom. 8.30. First Called, [and Faith given to us,] and then Justified. We are no more Justified from Eternity, than Sanctified from Eternity, and, Glorified from Eternity. To speak of being Justified from Eternity, is to say, That we never were in any state of Sin at all. While a man is an Unbeliever, how is it with him? We are told, in Joh. 3 36. The Wrath of God abideth on him. That Wrath abides not on the Justified. Believers once were, 'tis said in Eph. 2.3. The Children of Wrath. When was this, but before they were Justified. Every Justified man does most certainly please God. Yea, but we find in Heb 11.6. Without Faith it is Impossible to please God. Which is as much as to say, Without Faith tis Impossible to be a Justified man.
Now, as the Covenant of Grace is Ordered in all things, there is an Order of things here fixed by God. If we are Justified by Faith, sure we are not Justified Before it, or, Without it. There is this Orderly Connexion, in the Golden Chain of Salvation. Rom. 8.30. First Called, [and Faith given to us,] and then Justified. We are no more Justified from Eternity, than Sanctified from Eternity, and, Glorified from Eternity. To speak of being Justified from Eternity, is to say, That we never were in any state of Sin at all. While a man is an Ʋnbeliever, how is it with him? We are told, in Joh. 3 36. The Wrath of God abideth on him. That Wrath abides not on the Justified. Believers once were, 'tis said in Eph. 2.3. The Children of Wrath. When was this, but before they were Justifyed. Every Justifyed man does most certainly please God. Yea, but we find in Heb 11.6. Without Faith it is Impossible to please God. Which is as much as to say, Without Faith tis Impossible to be a Justifyed man.