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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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That in himself, he was altogether unworthy to obtain the Kingdom of Heaven, by his own merits; but that his Lord God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who Enjoyed it on a double Title, by an Heirship from His Father, and by the Desert of His Passion, was content with the former Himself, and had freely grantest unto Him the latter Title: That accordingly on His Free Grant, he laid claim thereunto, and in the confidence thereof he should not be confounded: for the Oil of Mercy is poured into the Vessel of ⟨p. 56⟩Faith; and this is the Faith of a man Despairing in himself, but Relying on his Lord; Alioquin proprijs meritis fidere, non Fidei esse, sed perfidiae.
That in himself, he was altogether unworthy to obtain the Kingdom of Heaven, by his own merits; but that his Lord God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who Enjoy'd it on a double Title, by an Heirship from His Father, and by the Desert of His Passion, was content with the former Himself, and had freely grantest unto Him the latter Title: That accordingly on His Free Grant, he laid claim thereunto, and in the confidence thereof he should not be confounded: for the Oyl of Mercy is poured into the Vessel of ⟨p. 56⟩Faith; and this is the Faith of a man Despairing in himself, but Relying on his Lord; Alioquin proprijs meritis fidere, non Fidei esse, sed perfidiae.
Lastly; Being thus invested with the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, count not your selves Released from the Good Works required in the Law of Righteousness Grievous Confusion and Vexation, hath arisen in the Church of Christ, by the corrupt minds of men, Abusing the Evangelical Doctrine, of Justification by Faith in the Righteousness of God. The•e […] Ungodly men, who Turn the Grace of God into wantonness; and Libertines, Who because our Lord Jesus Christ hath answered the Law for His people, count themselves at Liberty from the Law to all intents and purposes. Our Justification by the Righteousness of our lord Jesus Christ, must be defended in the sound and safe sense of the Glorious Gospel, against the Depravations of Ungodly Antinomianism. We must come to the Righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ, sound in this Faith: The Mystery of our being made Righteous, by God manifest in Flesh, is a Mystery of Godliness: It hath all over a Tendency to Godliness. It is very certain; That our having an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous, when we Sin, is written to us, that we may not go on to Sin. If any man be so vile, as to make this Inference, 'Tis only the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, by which I am to be Justified; and therefore I am at liberty to go on in the way of Unrighteousness: Ah, Deceived