Christ shall profit nothing
But all men are not in this of his mind. Many there are who will not agree to this. Many in all ages of the church, even among those who bore the name of Christians, have contended, That the faith once delivered to the saints, was designed to make void the whole law. They would no more spare the moral than the ceremonial law, but were for hewing, as it were, both in pieces before the Lord: vehemently maintaining, “If you establish any law, Christ shall profit you nothing: Christ has become of no effect to you: you have fallen from grace (Galatians 5:4).”
1771 text
4. But all men are not herein of his mind. Many there are who will not agree to this. Many in all ages of the church, even among those who bore the name of Christians, have contended, That the faith once delivered to the saints, was designed to make void the whole law. They would no more spare the moral than the ceremonial law, but were for hewing, as it were, both in pieces before the Lord: vehemently maintaining, “If you establish any law, Christ shall profit you nothing: Christ is become of no effect to you: ye are fallen from grace.”
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Sermon 35 in the 1771 Works. Romans 3:31.
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