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Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that…
Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that we may comfortably walk with God in our general and particular callings: &c. In a letter to a pious friend in England. / By Thomas Shepard, M.A. Formerly of Emmanuel-College in Cambridge in England: afterward Minister of Cambridge in New-England. ; Corrected by four several editions.
Boston: printed by Rogers and Fowle, 1747
THE Sum of Christian Religion: In Way of Question and Answer.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. 1. Justification is by Christ Righteousness inherent in Christ only; Sanctification is by a Righteousness from CHRIST inherent in ourselves. 2 Cor. 5.21. Phil. 3.9.
2. Justification is perfected at once, and admits of no Degrees, because it is by Christ his perfect Righteousness; Sanctification is imperfect, being begun in this Life. Rev. 12.1. Phil. 3.12.
Q. What is the second Benefit next in order to Justification, which the Faithful receive from CHRIST?
A. Reconciliation, whereby a Christian justified is actually reconciled, and at Peace with God. Rom. 5