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A41211 An appeal to Scripture & antiquity in the questions of 1. the worship and invocation of saints and angels 2. the worship of images 3. justification by and merit of good works 4. purgatory 5. real presence and half-communion : against the Romanists / by H. Ferne ... Ferne, H. (Henry), 1602-1662. 1665 (1665) Wing F787; ESTC R6643 246,487 512

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justification_n will_v not_o continue_v i_o say_v till_o faith_n do_v so_o engage_v the_o soul_n it_o be_v not_o a_o believe_v with_o the_o whole_a heart_n not_o a_o justify_v faith_n 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o phil._n c._n 3._o v._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o st._n chrysostom_n who_o often_o attribute_n the_o whole_a to_o faith_n alone_o require_v it_o shall_v be_v a_o work_a faith_n as_o where_o he_o say_v faith_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v simple_o by_o itself_o or_o alone_o and_o then_o show_v how_o our_o willingness_n to_o suffer_v and_o in_o like_a manner_n our_o well_o do_v be_v from_o faith_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o our_o fellowship_n with_o he_o in_o suffering_n be_v from_o faith_n for_o he_o that_o believe_v he_o shall_v reign_v with_o christ_n will_v be_v willing_a to_o suffer_v i_o need_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n here_o with_o the_o particular_a sentence_n of_o the_o father_n use_v that_o expression_n of_o sola_n fides_n faith_n only_o the_o cardinal_n have_v recite_v many_o 25._o bell._n de_fw-fr justificat_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 25._o and_o undertake_v to_o answer_v they_o well_o he_o acknowledge_v the_o testimony_n and_o for_o his_o answer_n they_o come_v to_o this_o that_o faith_n only_o be_v set_v against_o the_o work_n of_o moses_n law_n it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v sometime_o so_o but_o we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o the_o apostle_n or_o father_n deny_v justification_n to_o be_v seek_v or_o have_v by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n do_v therefore_o admit_v our_o work_n under_o grace_n to_o serve_v in_o the_o stead_n of_o the_o other_o for_o our_o justification_n but_o do_v rather_o imply_v that_o no_o man_n jew_n or_o christian_n can_v be_v justify_v by_o do_v what_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v by_o the_o law_n or_o commandment_n under_o which_o they_o be_v as_o 103._o as_o chap._n iu._n p._n 102_o 103._o above_z be_v show_v more_o ample_o another_o of_o the_o cardinal_n answer_n be_v that_o faith_n only_o 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