Last Judgment (Post) (Rogers) n. 11

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11. [11.] The English are told in the spiritual world that they love elegant phrases in their discourses, and that such elegant phrases indeed have a delightful sound in their ears, but yet teach little. This is especially the case when they are dealing with faith and justification by faith. They then so compose their words that scarcely anyone knows whether any amount of good is to be done or not. They so weave their series of conclusions as to make it sound as though good ought to be done, even while inserting that it is faith which produces it without their knowing.


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