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The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present…
The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present day, in an apt and pleasant allegory: showing, what true godliness is; also the troubles, oppositions, reproaches, and persecutions he hath met with in every age. : Together with the danger and sad declining state he is in at this present time, by errors, heresies, and ungodliness, or open profaneness. / By Benjamin Keach, author of a book called War with the devil, and Zion in distress, and The travels of ungodliness.The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present day, in an apt and pleasant allegory: shewing, what true godliness is; also the troubles, oppositions, reproaches, and persecutions he hath met with in every age. : Together with the danger and sad declining state he is in at this present time, by errors, heresies, and ungodliness, or open prophaneness. / By Benjamin Keach, author of a book call'd War with the devil, and Sion in distress, and The travels of ungodliness.
Boston: printed by B. Green and Company for D. Gookin over against the Old South Meeting-House, 1745
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Antino. The Words in the old and new Testament, whereby Imputation is signified, do both of them signify an Act of the Mind and Will an immanent Act.
Godly. Friend, 'tis true, sometimes when they are spoken as they relate to Men, they so signify; but they ⟨p. 89⟩are not so taken when attributed unto God, but do always hold forth a transistent Act, and not an immanent Act as Gen. 15.6. Gen. 38.15. Numb. 18.27. Psal. 32.1. Psal 106.31. Rom. 4.6, 8. 2 Cor. 5.19. nor can any Place be produced, relating to God, as his Act, where it is so taken; for it will otherwise ascribe a fallible Judgment unto God, to say, that he imputeth not Sin to a justified Person; that is to say, he judgeth and esteemeth them not to have sinned, for God's Judgment is according to Truth; and therefore such as have sinned, he looks upon them as such as have sinned, and he cannot esteem them such as never did sin, tho' if he will justify and pardon them, and deal with them as with such as have not sinned; and in this sense he imputeth it not to them whom he justifies, and actually pardoneth; to justify or acquit a Sinner, implies he was before guilty and condemned; and that thus it was with all the Elect, before they were united to Christ. The Word of God testifieth, and so doth the Holy Ghost, also by Convictions, when he first works upon the Hearts and Consciences of Sinners; therefore your Notion charges the Holy Ghost to be a liar.
Godli. Friend, 'tis true, sometimes when they are spoken as they relate to Men, they so signify; but they