 | George Burder - 1817 - 320 pages
...England. In one of the 39 Articles, which you will do well to read, this grand truth is thus expressed; " We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by... | |
 | William Eames - 1817 - 330 pages
...Penitence, in general, is an internal anguish of mind for sins, and a detestation of them ; togeARTICLES, for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and notjor our own works or deservings. ARTICLE XVII. They be made Sons of God by adoption ; they be made... | |
 | George Wolfgang Forell - 1975 - 324 pages
...Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. XI. OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF MAN We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified... | |
 | 1982 - 574 pages
...Disagree 18. Church members should establish a regular prayer and devotional life. a() b() c() d() e() 19. We are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. a() b() c() d() e() 20. Church members should establish a regular prayer and devotional... | |
 | 394 pages
...strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God." Therefore, "we are accounted righteous hefore God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ hy Faith, and not for our own works or deservings." Having said this, Article XII insists that "Good... | |
 | Charles Wesley - 1989 - 529 pages
...doctrine of Scripture and our own Church concerning justification which she thus sums up in her Articles: "We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord Jesus Christ through faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified... | |
 | S. M. Waddams - 1992 - 400 pages
...on which Williams was condemned concerned the doctrine of justification by faith. Article XI states: We are accounted righteous before God only for the...by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Williams had written: Why may not justification by faith have meant the peace of mind, or sense of... | |
 | Donald K. McKim, David F. Wright - 1992 - 452 pages
...classical creeds. Articles 9-14 deal with original sin,* free will,* and justification,* proclaiming that "we are accounted righteous before God, only for the...by Faith,* and not for our own works or deservings" and that "Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, . . . do spring... | |
 | Paul Langford - 1989 - 856 pages
...evangelical John Berridge pointed out, that 'we are accounted righteous before God, only for the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works and deservings, and that we are justified by faith only'.2 Yet most clergy preached, in varying proportions,... | |
 | Nigel Scotland - 1995 - 222 pages
...reception of the sacrament of baptism'. Sumner wrote: 'The Church can only speak as the scripture speaks... "we are accounted righteous before God, only for the...merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith".' In a second exchange of letters Maskell asked Sumner could he teach these doctrines? Sumner replied... | |
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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 deservmgs. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only, is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort :... 
