...may be evidently known, ai a tree discerned by the fruits, a Articles of the Church of England. fore, that we are justified by faith only .is a most wholesome...doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely expressed in the homily of justification. ARTICLE XII. Of Good Works. Albeit that good works, which;...

...to us? It is, therefore, admirably well said by our excellent Church in her eleventh Article, " \Ve are accounted " righteous before God, only for the...of our " Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith." Observe, we are accounted,* for this righteousness is not ours by nature, but we have it of the free...

...doctrine of Scripture and our own Church concerning justification which she thus sums up in her Articles: "We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord Jesus Christ through faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified...

...classical creeds. Articles 9-14 deal with original sin,* free will,* and justification,* proclaiming that "we are accounted righteous before God, only for the...by Faith,* and not for our own works or deservings" and that "Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, . . . do spring...

...on which Williams was condemned concerned the doctrine of justification by faith. Article XI states: We are accounted righteous before God only for the...by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Williams had written: Why may not justification by faith have meant the peace of mind, or sense of...

...evangelical John Berridge pointed out, that 'we are accounted righteous before God, only for the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works and deservings, and that we are justified by faith only'.2 Yet most clergy preached, in varying proportions,...

...church that sought to preserve both the Catholic and the Protestant traditions. Article 1 1 stated: "We are accounted righteous before God only for the...comfort. as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification."27 The Twelve Homilies of 1547. issued under Edward VI for reading in local churches....

...reception of the sacrament of baptism'. Sumner wrote: 'The Church can only speak as the scripture speaks... "we are accounted righteous before God, only for the...merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith".' In a second exchange of letters Maskell asked Sumner could he teach these doctrines? Sumner replied...

...are important. They carry us forward to a Protestant-Anglican doctrine of grace. The phrase is this: "that we are justified by Faith only, is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort." "Wholesome" and "very full of comfort": these are words of healing in the face of pain. The Reformers...

...England's Eleventh Article of Faith: "We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings." They are also, by the way, restating the teaching of the Tenth Article: The condition of man after...