| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1841 - 460 páginas
...justified, them he also glorified." Let us now consider the next interesting answer in the Catechism. "Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein...righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone." In this answer is explained God's method of forgiving sinners and receiving them into his favour,... | |
| Henry Addington Simcoe - 1841 - 312 páginas
...JUSTIFICATION. (Prom the unpublished works of Lavington.) ' Justification is an act of God's free grace, whereby he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous...righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.' (Continued from page 182) But say you, is it not partly by Christ's righteousness, and partly... | |
| James Macknight - 1841 - 802 páginas
...Accordingly, the Westminster Assembly, in their Shorter Catechism, have rightly defined justification, 'An act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth...sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight.' But as the whole of a man's life is a state of probation, the sentence of acquittal in which justification... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 640 páginas
...justification contains something more than pardon or forgiveness. The Assembly of divines say, that "justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein...righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone." Agreeably to this definition, our Calvinistic divines generally maintain that justification... | |
| 1842 - 494 páginas
...by faith of Jesus Christ, is unintelligible. 3. It destroys the very nature of justification, which is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth...sight only for the righteousness of Christ, imputed unto us, and received by faitli alone." But according to this theory there is no such thing as justification... | |
| Samuel William Southmayd Dutton - 1842 - 140 páginas
...Justification is, I believe, an act of God's free grace, whereby he pardons all our sins and accepts of us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ, imputed to us, and received by faith alone. Adoption is also an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 640 páginas
...to consider how God justifies, pardons, or forgives true believers. The Assembly of divines say, " Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins," &,c. But have •we any evidence that he does or says any thing, when he justifies or pardons believers... | |
| Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1842 - 672 páginas
...consider," says he, " how God justifies, pardons, or forgives true believers. The Assembly of Divines say, 'justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins,' &c. But have we any evidence that he does or says any thing, when he justifies or pardons believers... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 640 páginas
...to consider how God justifies, pardons, or forgives true believers. The Assembly of divines say, " Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins," &c. But have we any evidence that he does or says any thing, when he justifies or pardons believers... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1843 - 860 páginas
...several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them. Q. 33. What is justification? A. Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein...righteousness of Christ, imputed to us, and received by faith alone. Q. 34. What is adoption? A. Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received... | |
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