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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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Thirdly. A Justifying Faith cannot but from the very Nature of it, have a Sanctifying Force, upon the Heart of the Believer. For, the same Faith, which Embraces the Lord Jesus Christ, as a Priest for Atonement, (and As doing this, it Justifies!) embraces Him also as a King for Government. Faith ha's other Designs besides that of Justification, for which it is equally concerned. To Receive Christ in one office, and Exclude Him in another, is not Faith but Unbelief. A Justifying Faith, Receives Christ the Sacrificer, and the Intercessor, and in that Notion, it Justifies. But is this all? No, It also, according to Col. 2.6. Receives Christ the Lord. And so, it Receives a Law from that Lord. A True Faith, is for a whole Christ. The Holy Spirit of God, Infuses not the Habit of Faith into us, without Infusing the Habit of Every other Grace. To imagine a Dead Faith infused by the Spirit of Life, would be a black Reflection, on the conduct of Heaven. Yea, at the Infusion of this Grace, that Holy Spirit Himself comes to dwell in the Hearts, of His People; And will not He make them Holy, think you? Be assured, Sirs, There is no man made Righteous but what is therewithal made Holy, and what Groans, and Longs, and Strives to be made more Holy. Tho' God Justify the Ungodly, yet He lets no Justified man continue an Ungodly one. Faith wrought by the Holy Spirit of God, will never Indulge the Believer in Unholiness.
Thirdly. A Justifying Faith cannot but from the very Nature of it, have a Sanctifying Force, upon the Heart of the Believer. For, the same Faith, which Embraces the Lord Jesus Christ, as a Priest for Atonement, (and As doing this, it Justifies!) embraces Him also as a King for Government. Faith ha's other Designs besides that of Justification, for which it is equally concerned. To Receive Christ in one office, and Exclude Him in another, is not Faith but Ʋnbelief. A Justifying Faith, Receives Christ the Sacrificer, and the Intercessor, and in that Notion, it Justifies. But is this all? No, It also, according to Col. 2.6. Receives Christ the Lord. And so, it Receives a Law from that Lord. A True Faith, is for a whole Christ. The Holy Spirit of God, Infuses not the Habit of Faith into us, without Infusing the Habit of Every other Grace. To imagine a Dead Faith infused by the Spirit of Life, would be a black Reflection, on the conduct of Heaven. Yea, at the Infusion of this Grace, that Holy Spirit Himself comes to dwell in the Hearts, of His People; And will not He make them Holy, think you? Be assured, Sirs, There is no man made Righteous but what is therewithall made Holy, and what Groans, and Longs, and Strives to be made more Holy. Tho' God Justify the Ʋngodly, yet He lets no Justifyed man continue an Ʋngodly one. Faith wrought by the Holy Spirit of God, will never Indulge the Believer in Ʋnholiness.