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title: 'Life By Faith: A Sermon Preached Before the Synod of New-Jersey, at the Opening of Its Sessions, at Rahway, New-Jersey, Tuesday Evening, October 21st, 1862'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Alexander Taggart McGill'
date: 1862-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Personal Piety'
- 'Affliction'
- 'Justification'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Habakkuk 2'
- 'Romans 1'
- 'Galatians 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcgill-1862-life-by-faith-a-sermon-preached-before-the-synod-of-new-jersey-at-the-opening-of-its-sessions-at-rahway-new-jersey-tuesday-evening-october-21st-1862
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# Life By Faith: A Sermon Preached Before the Synod of New-Jersey, at the Opening of Its Sessions, at Rahway, New-Jersey, Tuesday Evening, October 21st, 1862

Preached on Habakkuk 2:4—'the just shall live by faith.' Argues faith unites believers to Christ, grounds justification and sanctification, and sustains them through ordinary and extraordinary trials.

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