The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher, Late Vicar of Madeley; First Check to Antinomianism
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781153838733
Paperback|9781153838733
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... AN ESSAY ON TRUTH; A RATIONAL VINDICATION DOCTRINE OF SALVATION BY FAITH: A DEDICATORY EPISTLE RIGHT HON. THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON. Without faith it is impossible to please God, Heb. li, 6. Whatsoever is not of faith is sin, Rom. zip, 23. Faith, if it bath not works, is dead, being alone, James ii, 17. Good works spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith. (Twelfth Article.), nothing availeth but faith, which worketh by love, Gal. v, 6. In Christ Jesus, &c, i A DEDICATORY EPISTLE RIGHT HON. THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON. My Lady, --Because I think it my duty to defend the works of faith against the triumphant errors of the Solifidians, some of your ladyship's friends conclude that I am an enemy to the doctrine of salvation by faith, and their conclusion amounts to such exclamations as these: "How could a lady, so zealous for God's glory and the Redeemer's grace, commit the superintendency of a seminary of pious learning to a man that opposes the fundamental doctrine of Protestantism How could she put her sheep under the care of such a wolf in sheep's clothing " This conclusion, my lady, has grieved me for your sake; and to remove the blot that it indirectly fixes upon you, as well as to balance my Scriptural Essay on the Rewardableness of the Works of Faith, I publish, and humbly dedicate to your ladyship, this piece of my Equal Check to Pharisaism and Antinomianism. May the kindness which enabled you to bear for years with the coarseness of my ministrations, incline you favourably to receive this little token of my unfeigned attachment to Protestanism, and of my lasting respect for your ladyship Your aversion to all that looks like controversy can never make you think that an Equal Check to the two grand delusions, which have...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153838733 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153838737 |
| Weight | 1.76 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.22 In |
| List Price | $37.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 548 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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