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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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'Tis a Vanity in any man, to Profess, that he hath a True Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, if his Faith be not Fruitful in those Good Works, which may Justify the mans Profession. In short, A True Faith, will be a Divine Principle in the Soul, inclining and assisting a man, to Live unto the Glory of that Lord, who ha's made him Righteous ▪ And particularly, our Forgiving the Trespasses of others against our selves, is a thing of Great Note, among those Good Works, which are to demonstrate the Faith, and the State of One whose Trespasses against God, are Forgiven, through Faith in the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Soul, If thou canst not Forgive, it is a sad sign upon thee, Thou never wast Forgiven. It was well said therefore by John Hus, Ubi bona opera non-apparent ad Extra, ibi Fides non est ad intra: Faith is not within, if Good Works are not without. A Vain Faith it is, that ⟨p. 62⟩becomes not Visible, and Incarnate, by Good Works upon it.
'Tis a Vanity in any man, to Profess, that he hath a True Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, if his Faith be not Fruitful in those Good Works, which may Justify the mans Profession. In short, A True Faith, will be a Divine Principle in the Soul, inclining and assisting a man, to Live unto the Glory of that Lord, who ha's made him Righteous ▪ And particularly, our Forgiving the Trespasses of others against our selves, is a thing of Great Note, among those Good Works, which are to demonstrate the Faith, and the State of One whose Trespasses against God, are Forgiven, through Faith in the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Soul, If thou canst not Forgive, it is a sad sign upon thee, Thou never wast Forgiven. It was well said therefore by John Hus, Ʋbi bona opera non-apparent ad Extra, ibi Fides non est ad intra: Faith is not within, if Good Works are not without. A Vain Faith it is, that ⟨p. 62⟩becomes not Visible, and Incarnate, by Good Works upon it.