Essay on the Connexion Between the Doctrine of Justification by the Imputed Righteousness of Christ, and Holiness of Life

Witherspoon defends justification by Christ’s imputed righteousness against the charge it undermines holiness, arguing that true reception of grace produces greater practical holiness.

John Witherspoon (1723 – 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and college presidentwho led the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University),

shaped its curriculum, and trained a generation of early American leaders in both faith and civic responsibility. A signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, he played a significant role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, bringing Reformed principles to the nation’s political and educational life.

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