Veneer on Article XVIII: Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ
John Veneer, 1734
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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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The Exposition.
F any deserve to be accurfed, they mufl surely be such as make the Gospel of Christ of none Effed:, and look upon it as ufelefs. For in vain hath Christ reveal’d it ; and in vain hath he commanded it to be preached throughout the World, if Believers and Unbelievers are equally entitled to Salvation. And fo far is it from be- ing fo, that A5fs iv. 12. ‘tis said of our bleffed Saviour, that there is no Salvatmi in any other \ and there is none other Name under Heaven given among Men whereby we must hefaved. And Mark xvi. 16. Salvation is promised to those that be- lieve, but Damnation is threatned to those that
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ibelieve not. Let no Man tje deceived, faith Art. xviir. S. Ignatius -, thole Things that are in Heaven, V./‘VX-/ and the Glory of AngeJs, and Rulers that are feen and are not feen, are all under Condem- nation, without Faith in the Blood of Christ*. He is the Door of the Father, by which Abra- bamj IjaaCy and Jacob the Prophets, and the Church enter f , without whom we have not the true Life+. What is the Design of this Faith ? faith Baniabas j that they might know that they could not be delivered, unless they hoped in the Cross of Christ. S. Cyprian like- wife tells us. That there’s no Coming to the Father but by his Son Jesus Christ • as appears from what he says in the Gospel according to St. John I am the IVay the ‘Truths and the Life y no Man cometh to the Father but by me, §
I N what Manner it will please God to deal with those, among whom Christ hath not been preached, is not our Bufmefs to determine. Charity indeed requires us to hope well of such as live up to the Rules of right Reason, if any fiich there be ; but to place them upon a Level with the Church of God, is the very Height of Boldnefs.^
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