IV. ^ Mat. xxii. 14. For many are

*> Matth.
Many will «ay
to nic in that day. Lord, Lord, have
we not prophesied in thy nanm ?
drid in thy name have caat out devils.'
in thy name done many won-
1 works? Matth. xiii. 'JO. But
i it received the seed into stony
-, the same is he that heareth
i..> ., ord, and anon with joy receivrth
it; Ver. 21, Yet hath he not root
in hini^lf, but dureth for a while :
for when tribulation or persecution
iriscth because of the word, by and
by he is ofieuded. Heb. vi. 4. For
it is impossible for those who were
enlightened, and have tasted of
iieuvenly gift, and were made
i .. ..ikers of the Holy Ghost, Ver. 5.
And have tasted the good word of
God, and the powers of the world
to come.
'' John vi, G'\: Ent there are some of you thi'.t believe not. For Jesu» knew from the begiun,.jg who they were that believed not, and who should betray hiiii. Ver. GJ. And he said, Therefore said I ui:to you, That no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him cf my Father. Ver. 6"6. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. John viii. 24, I said therefore unto you> That ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye siiall die in your hins.
* Acts iv. 12. Neither is there sal- vation in any ether : for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we n.ust hd ^ved, Jo!m xiv. C. Jesus saith unto hmi. I ani the way, and the truth, and the life : no man cometh unto the Father but by me. Eph. ii. \2t That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the com- monwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, hav- ing no hope, and without God in the world. • John iv. 22. Ye»wor- ship ye know not what : we know what we worship : for salvation is of the Jews. John xvii. 3. And this n life eternal, that they mi^ht know thee the ordy true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.-
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78 The Confession of Faith. Chap. XI'
and maintain that they may, is very pernicious, and to be detested *.
CHAP. XI. Of Justification.
'"pHOSE whom God effectually calleth he also freely -*■ justifieth'; not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accept- ing their persons as righteous : not for any thing wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ^s sake alone : not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience, to them as their righteousness ; but by imputing the obedience and satisfaction of Christ ynto them '', they receiving and resting on him and his
righteousness
t 2 John, ver. 9. Whosoever tranS- jrresseth, and abideth not in the iioctrine of Christ, hath not God : lie that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. Ver. 10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. Ver. 11. For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil tieeds. 1 Cor. xvi. 22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema JManinutha. Gal. j. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel : Ver. 7. "Which is not ano- ther; but there be some that trouble you, and vvrould pervert the gospel of Christ. Ver. 8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which v.'e have preached unto you, let him be accursed.