...without any epithet. In the 12th Article it is said, " Albeit that Good Works cannot put away our sins, yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ,...spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith ;" the Popish doctrine of human merit is here again condemned, for the purpose of declaring, that though...

...Calvin's doctrine of predestination.' ' Good works, which are the fruits of faith, and * follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, ' and endure the severity of God's judgment.' ' — ' We ' acknowledge the dutiful necessity of doing well ; ' but the meritorious dignity of doing...

...nothing towards our justification.—' Good works, which are the fruits of ' faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away * our sins, and endure the severity of God's judg' ment."1 * And also you have heard the ancient ' authors' minds of this saying, Faith in Christ...

...works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins — -yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ,...faith : insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known, as a tree may be known by the fruit." We are taught here, 1. That good works in general,...

...Article, that ' Good Works are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification;' that ' they are pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith.' It is also to be observed, that Bishop 'f outline himself it very strenuous in maintaining ' that ffopd...

...-Homilies. ': CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Albeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgement ; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of...

...we hold, " are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, but cannot put away our sins or endure the severity of God's judgment, yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God," (Art. 12.) Yet we deny, that any works of ours are truly meritorious ; for we cannot perform good works...

...scriptural doctrine respecting faith and obedience: " Although good works cannot put away our sins, yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ;...lively faith, insomuch that by them a lively faith is known, as a tree by its fruits." That they cannot obliterate sin, or endure the severity of God's...

...judgement ; yet are they р1еачпц and acceptable to God it» Christ, and do spring uut neire^anly of a true and lively faith; insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known, ач а tree discerned by the fruit. в a 'I7" * XIII. Of Works before Justification....

...Justifwation. XII. Of Good Works. ALBEIT that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's Judgement; yet are they •pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily...