{"query": "Easton: Works, Good", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_158be448b164", "title": "Easton: Works, Good", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity of good works, and lowers the sense of their importance (Rom. 6), although it has been answered a tho"}, {"id": "card_c_m_cc31892828d4", "title": "Easton: Zeal shares a section with Easton: Works, Good", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Zeal shares a section with Easton: Works, Good."}, {"id": "card_src_book_418", "title": "A Treatise on Good Works — Martin Luther", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Treatise on Good Works, by Martin Luther. Subjects: Lutheran Church -- Doctrines; Good works (Theology). 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