EXPLA.
Doe not thinke, that hee that hath such a faith, as whereby being iustified, hee hath to reioyce with God,
Spirituall encrease: or, Conclusions for pacifying the perplexed conscience of the weake Christian
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- Spirituall encrease: or, Conclusions for pacifying the perplexed conscience of the weake Christian
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- Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.
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- London :: Printed by Nicholas Okes, for William Lee, and are to be sold at his shop in Fleete streete, at the signe of the golden Buck, neare Seriants Inne,
- 1621.
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- Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Spirituall encrease: or, Conclusions for pacifying the perplexed conscience of the weake Christian." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10826.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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can together therewith haue vnrighteousnes: for if he that beleeueth that Iesus is Christ, is borne of God, and he that is borne of God sinneth not; and if he doe sinne (that is, giue himselfe to sin) it is certaine that he beleeueth not; certaine it is, that hee that truely be∣leeueth, doth work the work of faith and righteousnesse, and all goodnesse. The root of all is faith, by which alone we are iustified, and so the barre of sinne is taken away, that before diuided betwixt God & vs: that so the sancti∣fying Spirit of God may haue accesse vnto vs, to work in vs the good work of God so to prepare vs to that inhe∣ritance, to the hope whereof hee hath called vs.
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The theefe in his short time being vpon the crosse, had with his faith many good workes; the feare of God, hope, repentance, con∣fession of sins, loue towards God and his neighbour, in reprehending his fellowes blasphemies, and defending of Christs innocency. The good workes of the godly are glorious and acceptable in Gods sight, for Christs sake, being done in his name and offered vpon the Altar of faith in him; the imperfecti∣on thereof is accidentall, & taketh not away the nature of a good worke, but ma∣keth it an vnperfect good worke, which imperfection notwithstanding were suffi∣cient to make the worke to
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be reiected, if in rigour and extremity God shuld weigh the same, which hee doth not, but mercifully pardo∣neth it for Christs sake.