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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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The Righteousness for Sinful man Revealed in the Gospel, is called, The Righteousness of God; And when it is here said, That it is Revealed from Faith to Faith, 'tis an Expression full of Emph• tical ⟨p. 3⟩and Remarkable Significations. But the Sum of them all is, That by Faith, we Apprehend this Righteousness: And that there is to Faith Revealed, the Righteousness, wherein by Faith we are Interested
In the Epistle to the Church of Rome, the Article of a Sinners being made Righteous through Faith in the Righteousness of God, is by the Spirit of Prophecy most agreeably insisted on: The Holy Spirit foresaw, that the Church of Rome, would fall into an horrible Apostasy, which would very much lie in their confounding that very Article. 'Tis an Article in which lies the very Marrow of the Gospel! Give Attention, O my Hearers, Give a Great Attention to this most Glorious Gospel of God; And, Hearken, O People, Every one of You.
In the Epistle to the Church of Rome, the Article of a Sinners being made Righteous through Faith in the Righteousness of God, is by the Spir•t of Prophecy most agreeably insisted on: The Holy Spirit foresaw, that the Church of Rome, would fall into an horrible Apostasy, which would very much ly in their confounding that very Article. 'Tis an Article in which lies the very Marrow of the G•spel! Give Attention, O my Hearers, Give a Great Attention to this most Glorious Gospel of God; And, Hearken, O People, Every one of You.
That which now Entertains you, is this Doctrine of God your Saviour.