ABSTRACT

Signification of right, morally right, right in relation to Moral Government, &c.—Views of the ancients in respect to justice and moral rectitude.—Righteousness under Moral Government—Importance of understanding the Romish doctrine.—Doctrine before the Reformation.—First and second Justification.—Relation of Faith to the first, and of Works to the second.—Romish view controverted, particularly in respect to the nature of Faith —Justification not the infusion of a principle of holiness. The Hebrew and Greek words translated to justify, do not admit this interpretation.—The conception unknown to heathen nations.—Scriptural usage of the word discussed.