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A treatise I. Of faith. II. Twelve fundamental articles of Christian religion. III. A…
A treatise I. Of faith. II. Twelve fundamental articles of Christian religion. III. A doctrinal conclusion. IV. Questions and answers upon church-government. Taken from written copies long since delivered by the late Reverend Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church in Boston, in New-England.
Boston: printed by Bartholemew Green?, 1713
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Part 2: Mr. John Cotton, of Boston in New-England, his twelve Fundamental Articles of Christian…
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6. The Sixth Article which a man must know; or he cannot be saved, (and if he hold against it, and know what he holds, it is impossible there should be any true Grace in him) is, that we of our selves are utterly unable to rescue our selves from this Misery, by any strength of our own; but we are utterly unable to help our selves; It's that which the Prophet Hosea speaks to, Hos. 13.9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy self, but in me is thy help And as we have fallen in our First Parents, so in falling, we are only fit to fall: Where is then our help? It is in God. We were Born not of Blood, nor of the will of the Flesh, nor of the will of Man, but of God; not of Blood, that is, our Conversion to God, comes not by the Blood of our Ancestors▪ Nor by the Will of the Flesh, ⟨p. 7⟩not the Will of Corrupt Nature; Nor by the Will of man, that is, of our most holy Parents, or Ministers, or other Good men.
7. A Seventh Article is, That Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, in fullness of time took upon him our Nature, and became man, and hath Redeemed his Church (by his perfect Obedience to his Father) from Sin and Misery: The Word that was from the Beginning was made flesh, and we saw his glory, as the glory of the only Begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth, Joh. 1.14. This is a Foundation of Christian Religion. Every Spirit that confesseth not Jesus Christ come in the Flesh, is not of God, &c. Christ hath Redeemed us from the Curse of the Law, being made a Curse for us, Gal 3.13.
7. A Seventh Article is, That Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, in fulness of time took upon him our Nature, and became man, and hath Redeemed his Church (by his perfect Obedience to his Father) from Sin and Misery: The Word that was from the Beginning was made flesh, and we saw his glory, as the glory of the only Begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth,