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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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After that Storm was over, and ever since (in my Observation) the Ministers and Churches of New-England have retained and maintained ⟨image ?⟩the true Doctrine of Justification, with an equal care of the true Doctrine & Practice of Sanctification to be forever joined with it; professing also and proclaiming to all men, that we take the Law of God in his Ten Commandments to be the Rule of Life; and yet so, as to Fence against the other Extreme of Establishing any Righteousness of our own, which is equally dangerous to the Souls of men, and which we all naturally and habitually are inclined to, seeking to be Justified, either by works without Christ, or some way or other joining them with Christ. Hence they have constantly affirmed & maintained, that the Righteousness of Christ alone, (viz. Christs Obedience to the Law in our Stead) is the only Material and Meritorious cause, and Gods gracious Imputation thereof unto Believers, is the only formal cause of our Justification; whence it is that our Sins are pardoned, and persons are accepted as righteous unto Eternal Life.
After that Storm was over, and ever since (in my Observation) the Ministers and Churches of New-England have retained and maintained ⟨image ?⟩the true Doctrine of Justification, with an equal care of the true Doctrine & Practice of Sanctification to be forever joyned with it; professing also and proclaiming to all men, that we take the Law of God in his Ten Commandments to be the Rule of Life; and yet so, as to Fence against the other Extream of Establishing any Righteousness of our own, which is equally dangerous to the Souls of men, and which we all naturally and habitually are enclined to, seeking to be Justified, either by works without Ch•ist, or some way or other joyning them with Christ. Hence they have constantly affirmed & maintained, that the Righteousness of Christ alone, (viz. Christs Obedience to the Law in our Stead) is the only Material and Meritorious cause, and Gods gracious Imputation thereof unto Believers, is the only formal cause of our Justification; whence it is that our Sins are pardoned, and persons are accepted as righteous unto Eternal Life.