A Review of the Doctrines of the Reformation; With an Account of the Several Deviations in a Series of Letters by Thomas Bowman - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1768. Excerpt: ... Dear Sir ojoojoojo?1? OU aft if thefe doctrines of falva y 1 uon by grace through faith, which.f-J have produced from the Arti. cles, Homilies, and Liturgy of our church, were generally received by our divines, and acknowledged to be the doctrines of the church of England, at the time of, and foon after the reformation. A general anfwer to fuch an important queftion may not be thought fufficient. I will therefore particularly reply to it from the writings and public teftimonies of the chief of them. Archbifhop Cranmer, (who undoubtedly had a principal hand in the reformation) in the preface to his Book againft bifhop Gardiner, writes thus. "Our Saviour Chrift, according to the will of his eternal Father, when the time thereof was fully accomplifhed, taking D 2 our ©ur nature upon him, came into the world from the high throne of his Father, to give, light to them that were in darknefs, and in the fhadow of death, and to preach and give pardon and full remiffion of fins to all his eletledr Bifhop Latimer, another of the reformers is more exprefs on this point. His words will help to illuftrate thofe of Cranmer. "If thou art defirous to know whether thou art chofen to everlafting Kfer begin with Chrift, and learn to know Chrift; and try thyfelf whether thou art in the book of life or not." (Sermon on Septuagefima.) In the fame Difcourfe he introduces and replies to the common abfurd objection to this doctrine. "What need I to mortify my body with abftaining from all firr and wickednefs? I perceive God hath chofen fome, and fome are rejected: Now if I be in the number of the chofen, I cannot be damned; but if I be accounted among the condemned number, then I cannot be faved; for God's judgments are immutable. Such foolifh and wicked reafbns fome have, w...

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