 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1841 - 312 pages
...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 (Prom the unpublished works of Lavington.)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 - Bible - 1841 - 802 pages
...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 - Theology - 1842 - 640 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Bible - 1842 - 140 pages
...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 - Congregational churches - 1842 - 640 pages
...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 - Bible - 1842 - 672 pages
...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 - Sermons - 1842 - 640 pages
...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 - Bible - 1843 - 860 pages
...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... | |
 | John Miller - Immortality - 1877 - 442 pages
...but makes modifications in the mode of speech commensurate with his necessity of being justified. " Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein...sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight." Now half of this is true of Christ, and half not true. Half is not true because he had no sins to pardon.... | |
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Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ, imputed to us, and received by faith alone. 
