Ellis on Article XVIII: Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ
John Ellis, 1700
Commentaries on Article XVIII: Rogers (1607)Ellis (1660)Burnet (1699)Beveridge (d. 1708)Welchman (1713)Practical Exposition (1716)Veneer (1725)Madan (1772)Hey (1796)Tomline (1799)Wilson (1821)Jones (1849)Trollope (1850)Browne (1850)Forbes (1867)Boultbee (1871)Maclear & Williams (1895)Green (1896)Gibson (1896)Jackson (1900)Bicknell (1919) · Article 18: text, context and Study
Article XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ
They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Text: Book of Common Prayer (1662)
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Obj. 2. It is said, That the whole of the Law and the Prophets is comprehended-in that known Law of Nature : All things that ye would ‘thar Men should do unto you, do. ye allo to
them, Mz. 7. 12. Hhence we may easily ga- - ther, that it appears to all Men what is avsolutely.
necessary to Salvation.
Answ, The Love tha: we are ro shew to our Neighbour is comprehended in that Principle ; bur that alone is not sufficient : for rhe Do-
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Thirty Nine Articles. 43 crine of the Gospel, which is unknown to Na- ture, is likewise requisite ro Salvation.
Obj.3.God does not require at our Hands things impossible ; but it is impossible that they who have never heard of Christ, should relie upon or believe in him. |
Anse. Either, according ro the Apostle, Rom. 10. 18, All Men have heard of the Go- spel of Christ-: Or, All may hear of him fn the utmost Parrs of the World, where the Go- spel is daily preached : Or if there have been,
and ate some, who (have never heard of ir,
we must” think, that rhis was and 1s for some very grievons Impicties , which make them upworthy of such a Knowledge.
Obj…4. Christ zold the Pharisces, John 9. 41. If ye were blind, ye would nor have Sin : And then told his Disciples concerning the Fews, John 15-22. If 1 had nor come and spoke wnto them, they had nor had Sin : So that’in these places he gives us sufficiently to understand, that simple Ignorance ought not to be imputed to any one : Of which see hore in Article VIII.
Anfsw, This is Christ’s meaning ; either rthar if he had not come ro the Pharitees ar all, it they had nor read the Scriprures, and seen his Miracles, which confirmed him ro be the Mef- fiah. Or if they had been blind in their Opi- mon, and had fought for furcher Light from him, they had nor had the Sin of Infidelity : Bur notwithstanding this, because of: their 0+ ther Impieties, without a Saviour, they. could not elcape Damnation.
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