HE believes it damnable to say that Christ's Death and Pas∣sion is ineffectual and insignificant: And that 'tis the Doctrine of Devils to believe, That he has no depen∣dance for his Salvation upon the Merits of Christ's Sufferings, or the Mercy of God; but only upon his own Merits and good Works. 'Tis his Faith to believe, That of our selves we are not sufficient, so much as to think a good thought, that the Grace by which we are justified, is given us purely gratis upon the ac∣count of Christ's Merits; more∣over, that no Man, how just soever, can Merit any thing, either in this life, or in that to come, indepen∣dant on the Merits and Passion of Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, that through the Merits of Christ, the Good Works of a Just Man procee∣ding from Grace, are so acceptable to God, that through his Goodness and Promise, they are truly Merito∣rious of Eternal Life. And this he has learn'd from the Apostle, (2 Tim. 4. 8.) where he is taught, that there is a Crown of Justice, which our Lord, a just Judge, will render at the last day, not only to Saint Paul, but also to all those, that shall have fought a good fight, and consummated their course, kept the Faith, and lov'd his coming. Knowing therefore that at the day of Judgement, he is to receive according to his Works: He endeavours by good Works to make his Vocation and Election sure. And in following this Councel, he thinks he no more offends against the fulness of the Merits of Christ's, or God's Mercy, than the Apostle does in giving it.
A papist mis-represented and represented, or, A two-fold character of popery the one containing a sum of the superstitions, idolatries, cruelties, treacheries, and wicked principles of that popery which hath disturb'd this nation above an hundred and fifty years fill'd it with fears and jealousies and deserves the hatred of all good Christians : the other laying open that popery which the papists own and profess : with the chief articles of their faith, and some of the principal grounds and reasons, which hold them in that religion / by J.L. ; to which is annexed, Roman-Catholick principles, in reference to God and the King.
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- A papist mis-represented and represented, or, A two-fold character of popery the one containing a sum of the superstitions, idolatries, cruelties, treacheries, and wicked principles of that popery which hath disturb'd this nation above an hundred and fifty years fill'd it with fears and jealousies and deserves the hatred of all good Christians : the other laying open that popery which the papists own and profess : with the chief articles of their faith, and some of the principal grounds and reasons, which hold them in that religion / by J.L. ; to which is annexed, Roman-Catholick principles, in reference to God and the King.
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- Gother, John, d. 1704.
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"A papist mis-represented and represented, or, A two-fold character of popery the one containing a sum of the superstitions, idolatries, cruelties, treacheries, and wicked principles of that popery which hath disturb'd this nation above an hundred and fifty years fill'd it with fears and jealousies and deserves the hatred of all good Christians : the other laying open that popery which the papists own and profess : with the chief articles of their faith, and some of the principal grounds and reasons, which hold them in that religion / by J.L. ; to which is annexed, Roman-Catholick principles, in reference to God and the King." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A41608.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.