8 September 2015 A.D. Jewel’s “Apology”—total depravity, law & total sufficiency of Christ’s redemptive work, p.52
8 September 2015 A.D.
Jewel’s
“Apology”—total depravity, law & total sufficiency of Christ’s redemptive work,
p.52
Jewel, John. “The Apology of the Church of England.”
Project Gutenberg. 5 Aug 2006. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17678/17678-h/17678-h.htm. Accessed 1 Aug 2015.
We say also, that every person is born in sin, and leadeth
his life in sin: that nobody is able truly to say his heart is clean: that the
most righteous person is but an unprofitable servant: that
the law of God is perfect, and requireth of us perfect and full obedience: that
we are able by no means to fulfil that law in this worldly life: that there is
no one mortal creature which can be justified by his own deserts in God’s
sight: and therefore that our only succour and refuge is to fly to the mercy of
our Father by Jesu Christ, and assuredly to persuade our minds that He is the
obtainer of forgiveness for our sins; and that by His blood all our spots of
sin be washed clean: that He hath pacified and set at one, all things by the
blood of His Cross: that He by the same one only Sacrifice, which He once
offered upon the Cross, hath brought to effect and fulfilled all things, and
that for that cause He said, when He gave up the ghost, “It is finished,” as
though He would signify, that the price and ransom was now full paid for the
sin of all mankind. If there be any, then, that think this Sacrifice not
sufficient, let them go, in God’s Name, and seek another that is better.
We, verily, because we know this to be the only Sacrifice, are well content
with it alone and look for none other: and, forasmuch as it was to be offered
but once, we command it not to be renewed again: and because it was full and
perfect in all points and parts, we do not ordain in place
thereof any continual succession of offerings.
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