Justified Before You Believed? John Gill and Justification from Eternity
What the Reformers meant by justification, what John Gill added when he taught justification from eternity, and why the label Hyper-Calvinist does not quite fit him.
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The London Confessions Draw a Line on Justification from Eternity
How the Particular Baptists' 1644 and 1689 London Confessions answered the charge of justification from eternity, and how chapter 3 of the 1689 Confession maps the means by which God saves his elect.
Following the Thread: Christ, Calling, and Justification in the 1689 Confession
Reading chapters 8, 10, and 11 of the 1689 Confession beside John Gill: how Christ's work reaches believers across time, why calling and justification are inseparable, and in what sense faith comes first.
Decree, Procurement, Application: Is John Gill Within the 1689 Confession?
Comparing the 1689 Confession's threefold account of justification with John Gill's active and passive justification, and arguing that Gill's justification from eternity gives believers an objective ground of assurance without denying justification by faith.