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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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PROPOSITION II.
The Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ is Apprehended by Faith, in order to our being made Righteous by it.
Such a Grace as Faith, is produced in the Heart of every Elect person, when God Effectually Calls that person home unto Himself. A special Design and Business of this Faith, is, To Apprehend the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that Righteousness is Actually made Ours, in and by Faith so Apprehending of it. A Justifying Faith does many Glorious Things; But Faith as Justifying does consist, in the Hearts Approving and Admiring the way of a Sinners coming to Righteousness and Salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ, as 'tis propounded in the Gospel, and Acquiescing in it; And it is to be Defined unto this purpose, 'Tis a Receiving of, and a Relying on, the Gift of Righteousness from God, by our Lord Jesus Christ. Or, if we bring you the Definition of it, given by some famous French Divines, Tis the Flight of a penitent Sinner to the Mercy of God, in Christ; I know who will tell us, There is more Sense and Truth in it, than in Twenty other, that seem more Accurate. It is only as doing This, that Faith, and no other Grace, but Faith does Justify u•.
Such a Grace as Faith, is produced in the Heart of every Elect person, when God Effectually Calls that person home unto Himself. A special Design and Business of this Faith, is, To Apprehend the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that Rig•teousness is Actually made Ours, in and by Faith so Apprehending of it. A Justifying Faith does many Glorious Things; But Faith as Justifying does consist, in the Hearts Approving and Admiring the way of a Sinners coming to Righteousness and Sa•vation by the Lord Jesus Christ, as 'tis propounded in the Gospel, and Acquiescing in it; And it is to be Dfined unto this purpose, 'Tis a Receiving of, and a Relying on, the Gift of Righteousness from God, by our Lord Jesus Christ. Or, if we bring you the Dfinition of it, given by some famous French Divines, Tis the Flight of a penitent Sinner to the Mercy of God, in Christ; I know who will tell us, There is more Sense and Truth in it, than in Twenty other, that seem more Accurate. It is only as doing This, that Faith, and no other Grace, but Faith does Justify u.