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Of the FIRST VOLUME.
SERMONS on several Occasions.
Salvation by Faith.
The Almost Christian.
Scriptural Christianity.
Justification by Faith.
The Righteousness of Faith.
The First-Fruits of the Spirit.
The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption.
The Witness of the Spirit.
The Witness of our own Spirit.
On Sin in Believers.
The Repentance of Believers.
The Great Assize.
The Means of Grace.
SERMONS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
To the READER.
JOHN WESLEY.
MARCH 1771.
THE PREFACE.
SALVATION BY FAITH.
EPHES. ii. 8.
Now, that we fall not short of the grace of God, it concerns us carefully to enquire,
?1. That "to preach salvation or justification by faith only, is to preach against holiness and good works." To which a short answer might be given: it would be so, if we spake, as some do, of a faith which was separate from these. But we speak of a faith which is not so, but productive of all good works and all holiness.
THE ALMOST CHRISTIAN.
ACTS xxvi. 28.
So that if a man only abstains from doing evil, in order to avoid punishment,
EPHES. v. 14.
IN discoursing on these words, I shall, with the help of God,
SCRIPTURAL CHRISTIANITY.
Acts iv. 31.
I design to close these considerations with a plain practical application.
Lord, save or we perish! Take us out of the mire that we sink not! O help us against these enemies, for vain is the help of man. Unto thee all things are possible. According to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that are appointed to die; and preserve us in the manner that seemeth to thee good; not as we will, but as thou wilt.
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.
ROMANS iv. 5.
No works are good which are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done:
But no works done before justification are done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done:
Therefore no works done before justification are good.
Now if there ever was one such instance from the beginning of the world. it plainly follows, that faith is, in the above sense, the sole condition of justification.
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH.
ROM. x. 5, 6, 7, 8.
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise. Say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into heaven? That is, to bring Christ down from above:
Or who shall descend into the deep? That is, to bring Christ again from the dead.
"O Lamb of God, was ever pain, Was ever love like thine!"
MARK i. 15.
"Everlasting life is won: Glory is on earth begun:"
THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
ROM. viii. 1.
"Shew me, as my soul can bear, The depth of inbred sin: All the unbelief declare, The pride that lurks within!"
THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AND OF ADOPTION.
ROMANS viii. 15.
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