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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt: ...under consideration. That is, when Abraham's faith is said to be imputed to him for righteousness, the object on which his faith terminates or rests, is so reckoned for righteousness. That is, the righteousness of Christ, or Christ as the Lord our Righteousness. Now, that this is the true sense is evident, because "Abraham rejoiced," says the Redeemer, "to see my day, and he saw it and was glad;" John viii. 5, 6. Can any man doubt for a moment that Abraham's seeing Christ's day, was his believing in the promised Messiah and trusting to his righteousness alone On this point let us hear the voice of the dead. Doctor Wilson, the predecessor of Mr. Barnes, has spoken so admirably on it, that you will doubtless hear him with pleasure. In his notes on Ridgley, vol. III. p. 108, he states the doctrine thus, "Others, in the margin he refers to Whitby and Mscknight, two distinguished Arminians understand Abraham to have been justified on the aC' count of the mere act of believing:"--They make faith a work of merit. Doctor Wilson rejects this notion, thus, "Faith is the mind's assent to external evidence; faith thus strictly considered as an act, is man's act, as much so as any can be, and as the understanding at least in its application to the evidence must be accompanied by the consent of the will, here is every thing that is necessary to constitute a work, and accordingly it is commanded as a duty, the neglect of which is criminal:"--" that it is not the mere act of believing in Christ which is the ground of such justification is plain from this, that he expresses the same thing by the words, being justified by Christ." If it is true that we are justified by faith, and also that we are justified by Christ, it must ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt: ...under consideration. That is, when Abraham's faith is said to be imputed to him for righteousness, the object on which his faith terminates or rests, is so reckoned for righteousness. That is, the righteousness of Christ, or Christ as the Lord our Righteousness. Now, that this is the true sense is evident, because "Abraham rejoiced," says the Redeemer, "to see my day, and he saw it and was glad;" John viii. 5, 6. Can any man doubt for a moment that Abraham's seeing Christ's day, was his believing in the promised Messiah and trusting to his righteousness alone On this point let us hear the voice of the dead. Doctor Wilson, the predecessor of Mr. Barnes, has spoken so admirably on it, that you will doubtless hear him with pleasure. In his notes on Ridgley, vol. III. p. 108, he states the doctrine thus, "Others, in the margin he refers to Whitby and Mscknight, two distinguished Arminians understand Abraham to have been justified on the aC' count of the mere act of believing:"--They make faith a work of merit. Doctor Wilson rejects this notion, thus, "Faith is the mind's assent to external evidence; faith thus strictly considered as an act, is man's act, as much so as any can be, and as the understanding at least in its application to the evidence must be accompanied by the consent of the will, here is every thing that is necessary to constitute a work, and accordingly it is commanded as a duty, the neglect of which is criminal:"--" that it is not the mere act of believing in Christ which is the ground of such justification is plain from this, that he expresses the same thing by the words, being justified by Christ." If it is true that we are justified by faith, and also that we are justified by Christ, it must ...
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