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Line 4: <blockquote> God did, from all eternity, decree to justify all the elect, and Christ did, in the fullness of time, die for their sins, and rise again for their justification: nevertheless, they are not justified, until the Holy Spirit does, in due time, actually apply Christ unto them.<ref>[[Westminster Confession of Faith]], Chapter XI, Paragraph 4.</ref></blockquote> Justification from eternity has been described as a "chief tenet of [[Antinomianism\|Antinomian]] [[Hyper-Calvinism]],"<ref>[http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_detail.php?529 Eternal Justification?], ''[[Banner of Truth Trust\|Banner of Truth]]''.</ref> and was propounded by [[John Gill (theologian)\|John Gill]]. Referring to [[Ephesians]] 1:3-4, Gill argued that "justification is one of those spiritual blessings wherewith the elect are blessed in Christ according to election-grace, before the foundation of the world."<ref>[[John Gill (theologian)\|John Gill]], "[http://www.mountzionpbc.org/Index/index04.htm Justification as an Eternal and Immanent Act of God]," in ''A Body of Doctrinal Divinity'', Book II, Chapter V, section II.</ref> ==References==

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