...merit of ' every individual.' Is this the doctrine of Scripture ? or of our protestant church ? — ' We are accounted ' righteous before God, only for the merit of our * Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and not for our own ' works or deservings.' ' Good works, which are ' the fruits of faith,...

...solicitude to set, in a clear and steady light, this important article. The language of the church is : ' We are accounted righteous be'fore God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus ' Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings.' To prevent all mistakes about the...

...the fubje<ft of much difpute and mifapprehenfion : The juftification of man. " We are accouiirted " righteous before God, only for the merit of " our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrifir by faith, " and not for our own works or defervings." This is fo undeniable, that we may add...

...Church briefly comprifes the fubrtance of St. Paul's doctrine on this head, it is aflerted, that " we " are accounted righteous before God, only" FOR...Lord and Saviour Jefus " Chrift by faith, and not FOR our own works " and defervings z ;" and as in the moft celebrated confeffions of the reformed Churches,...

...attorney-general, who prosecutes, says, as representutiveof the church , in her eleventh artiqje : " We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Ch rist, by faith, and not forou r own •works or deservings ;" and in the eighteenth, " they...

...good will, and working with us when we have that good will." ) ART. XI. Of the Justification of Man. " We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and toot for our own works or deservihgs. Wherefore that we are justified by...

...rejoicing" in that day which shall " declare every man's work of what sort it is," CHURCH OF ENGLAND. We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith ; and not for our own works or dcservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by...

...justified by faith without _J| works, is not the same thing as to be justified by works; and that to be ' accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ', is very different from being accounted righteous through our deserving«. If, then,...

...is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself by his own natural strength and good works, —that we are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord Jesus Christ by faith and the like ? These, my lord, are some of the favourite tenets of the itinerant...

...Dr. Pearfon refers his idea of meritorious cnufe. The words of the article are, ' We »Kjtißified * only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift by faith, чииЬш \ our own works . or defervings. For faith, fuhftitute the mtrits afCbnJi, and then the...