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A45277 A Christian vindication of truth against errour concerning these controversies, 1. Of sinners prayers, 2. Of priests marriage, 3. Of purgatory, 4. Of the second commandment and images, 5. Of praying to saints and angels, 6. Of justification by faith, 7. Of Christs new testament or covenant / by Edw. Hide ... Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659. 1659 (1659) Wing H3864; ESTC R37927 226,933 558

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nihil_fw-la prodesse_fw-la asseverat_fw-la ut_fw-la dicat_fw-la si_fw-la habeam_fw-la omnem_fw-la fidem_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la montes_fw-la transferam_fw-la charitatem_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la habeam_fw-la nihil_fw-la sum_fw-la ubi_fw-la autem_fw-la haec_fw-la fidelis_fw-la charitas_fw-la operatur_fw-la sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la benè_fw-la vivitur_fw-la aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la et_fw-la o●…er_fw-la cap._n 14._o even_o as_o also_o st._n paul_n himself_o speak_v of_o justifica●…ion_n and_o salvation_n by_o faith_n do_v not_o mean_v every_o faith_n which_o believe_v in_o god_n but_o a_o save_n and_o a_o ●…rue_a evangelical_n faith_n who_o work_n proceed_v from_o love_n a_o faith_n say_v he_o which_o work_v by_o love_n whence_o that_o faith_n without_o work_n which_o some_o think_v sufficient_a to_o salvation_n he_o so_o flat_o avow_v to_o be_v nothing_o worth_a that_o he_o plain_o say_v though_o he_o have_v all_o faith_n so_o as_o to_o remove_v mountain_n and_o have_v not_o 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positurus_fw-la est_fw-la dicat_fw-la item_fw-la in_o ignem_fw-la aeternum_fw-la qui_fw-la paratus_fw-la est_fw-la diabolo_fw-it &_o angelis_n ejus_fw-la nec_fw-la increpat_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la non_fw-la crediderint_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la non_fw-la fecerint_fw-la cap._n 15._o nor_o do_v i_o see_v why_o our_o lord_n say_v if_o thou_o will_v enter_v into_o life_n keep_v the_o commandment_n reckon_v up_o those_o moral_a duty_n whereby_o they_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v if_o without_o keep_v they_o more_o may_v go_v to_o heaven_n by_o a_o dead_a faith_n nor_o how_o he_o will_v say_v to_o they_o on_o his_o left_a hand_n go_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n condemn_v they_o not_o because_o they_o have_v not_o believe_v but_o because_o they_o have_v not_o do_v good_a work_n answerable_a to_o their_o belief_n he_o tell_v the_o false_a believer_n he_o shall_v be_v condemn_v for_o want_v of_o work_n he_o tell_v not_o the_o true_a believer_n he_o shall_v be_v acquit_v for_o his_o work_n where_o by_o the_o way_n our_o solifidian_o may_v take_v notice_n that_o he●…_n be_v not_o like_a to_o be_v so_o full_a of_o moral_a honest_a man_n who_o want_v faith_n for_o how_o can_v their_o heart_n sanctify_v their_o hand_n if_o faith_n do_v not_o first_o sanctify_v their_o heart_n as_o of_o believe_v man_n who_o want_v moral_a honesty_n have_v only_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o to_o sanctify_v their_o mouth_n for_o holy_a profession_n but_o not_o their_o heart_n by_o holy_a affection_n nor_o their_o life_n by_o holy_a conversation_n for_o so_o the_o same_o st._n aug._n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n si_fw-la autem_fw-la christus_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la fides_fw-la christi_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la quip_n habitat_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la porro_fw-la fides_fw-la christi_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la utique_fw-la quam_fw-la definivit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la operatur_fw-la 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