hard against anyone who drew the false, antinomian conclusion from the doctrine. When he argued that Christians should obey the law, Wesley knew that antinomians would object, “But are we not justified by faith, without the works of the law?” Certainly, he replied, “without the works either of the ceremonial or the moral law.… This is the cornerstone of the whole Christian building.” But the right conclusion to draw from justification by faith is that wherever genuine faith is, a desire to obey God’s
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