...follow after justification, ' cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity ' of God's judgment.' ' Works done before the grace ' of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not ' pleasant unto God : — we doubt not but they have 'the nature of sin.'1 P. ccclxxxv. 1. 6. ' No seed, &c.'2...

...justified by faith, he can do no good works at all. ARTICLE XIII. Of works done before justification. — " Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not * Rom. z. 3. to God :" and, if so, how is it possible that he should justify us on account of them...

...in every person born into this world, it *' deserveth God's WKATH and DAMNATION."" Art. XII[. " That works, done before the grace " of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are " not pleasing to God, forasmuch as they spring " not of faith in Jesus Christ,. neither do they " make men...

...ourselves icorihy the mediation • "of Christ, ' by holiness of living, and' abhorrence of vice.'8 — 1 ' Works done before the' grace of Christ, and the ' '"inspiration of his Spirit, are -riot pleasant unto '' God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus ' ' Christ: neither do they...

...displeasing to God. 1 Cor. xiii. 3. Isai. i. 12, &c. Couf. faith, chap. 16. To which agree the 39 articles of the Church of England 'Works done before the grace...inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God, 8tc. Yea, rather, for that they are imt done as God hath commanded and willed them to be .done, we...

...displeasing to God. 1 Cor. xiii. 3. Isai. i. 12, &c. Cow/., faith, chap. lf>'. To which agree the 39 articles of the Church of England 'Works done before the grace...inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God, &,c. Yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath commanded and willed them to be done, we doubt...

...apparently good, yet being directed to a wrong end it becomes sin. — Institut. I. 3. c. 14. 5.3. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Works done before the grace of...inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasCALVIN. . We lay it down therefore as an undoubted truth, which ought to be well khown to such...

...Again in Article XIII. The church teaches and obliges all her clergy to believe and to tench, " TTtat works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasing to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith, iu Jesus Christ ; neither do they make men...

...they do.' And thus it is said bv the church of England, in her 39 articles; ' Works done before ihe grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are not pleasant to God. Yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath commanded and willed them to be done, we doubt...

...let us hear the Church, speaking yet more plainly. ART. XIII. Of Works done before Justification. " Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, (ie before justification, as the title expresses it,) are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring...