Last Judgment (Post) (Rogers) n. 222

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222. [225.] 84. One learned man was examined who in life had thought only of faith alone. He was examined to see whether he knew any truth of the church-whether he knew what faith is, or the life of faith, or charity, or love; or what truth is, and an affection for and perception of truth; what free will is; what regeneration is; what spiritual temptation or trial is; what baptism is, and the Holy Supper; what heaven in a person is, and hell, and its origin; in what the holiness of the Word lies; what Providence is; what God is-whether He is one or three; what conscience is; and what the church in a person is, and heaven in a person. And angels hearing him found that he knew none of these things, his replies from his reasonings being false, and his replies from the Word having been falsified. He was told how he could come into the light of heaven and so into angelic wisdom, and because of it into the happiness of heaven. Being convinced, he tried to learn, but because he had confirmed himself in faith alone, he could not.


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