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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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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 ⟨p. 57⟩Soul, 'Tis plain, that thou art not yet Justified; Thy Spot is not the Spot of the Justified; Such a venomous Inference is Incompatible to a Justified man: Thou art yet among the Unrighteous, that shall not Inherit the Kingdom of God.
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 〈…〉 Ʋngodly 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 Ʋngodly 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 Ʋnrighteousness: Ah, Deceived