77, our bretlmn. 6 AWitnejfe; fOur coll[c~ence beari~g 'Diitneffi. 7 An Endite- fRom;u-~; ment upon thefe. g [urfed be be tbat contmueth not mall the'Diords ofthi5 L 41 v gDeut. •7· to doe them . andagaine, h He that breaketl> one, i5guilty ofaft. A'on-viai- br " 1 '· . , . . L' am. 2·10• on, that all may be to,-G!'"""' gUilty or culpable before ·Goo. Yea, the iRom.+t~~ very delivering ofourfinnes, underthe name of debts; ofthe: Law, un. der the name of akHand-writing. the: ,very termes of an I Advocate. ofa ~Col.•. 14~ S d d I L f ' d b . . jliji df I ,r. 't: . I r John •·•• uretyma eun ert1e aw :o apar on,orm emg7u t e r~mt >o 1e tmtgs mGal. 1 + · • 'ltlbich by tl>e Law '~tie could not : All thefe; wherein for the moll: part this is fl:ill expreifed, What fpeake they, but that the fe:rtfe ofthis Name cannot be rightly underfl:ood, norwhatmannerofrighteo'tifne.ffe {s in que. :llion, except we fl:ill have before our eyes, This fame Coram il?Jge jufla judiciumfaciente. 2 And againe, by way ofoppofition. For ufually, whereje~flifying is named, therecondemning (which is a terme: meerely judiciall) is fetagain!l: it. In the Law, n Wben there jhali be ftrife, and the matter [hall come before s0eu1;2~.~ tlJee, andfentence to begi-ven, fee the rig/motH be juftified and the fimter condemnrd. o To juflijie the'ltlicked andcondemne the irmocent, botiJ are alike abbo- oPfaLr7.t~l minable before Go D• P If man cannot judge, heare thou from bea1Jm, con- pxReg·8·•• tlemne the 'ltlick.ed and jtlf/ijie the rigl>teous. _' In the Gdfpeil. q ~y tl>y 1vords jhalt thou bee juflified, and by tl>y qMat.12.37 'ltlords condc;fineJ. r Itii Goo thatjuflijieth, 'ltlhojhallco"f!demne ?fGrace, rRom.8.34 tojuftijication, as finne te condemnation. All there !hewmanifeflly, wee fRom.5·16 ! mull irnagin~ our felyes !landing at the barre, or we fhall never take the !late of this quefl:ion aright,nor truly underfland themyllerie ofthi~ Name. . .. , .. " For tt is not in quefl:ion, whether wee have an inl>erent rigb:. teoufneffi or rro ~ Or whether G 0 D will acce:pr it , or reward it : but whetherthat mull bee our rij;IJteoufmjfe, Coram IJ.?..ege jufio judicium focient?. , . , _ , · . Which is apoint very materiall, and In: no \vife to be forgotten: For,' ~ithout this, ifwecompare our fdves wichour [elves, what heretofore we have b'eene; or ifwe compare our [elves with others, as did thePha– rifee i we _may ta.ke a phanfie perhaps, and have forne good conceipc Qfour inherent righteoufneffi.. Yca 1 . ifwe be to deale in Schooles by ar. gumenc or difpmation,wemay_pera4vencure argue for ir,and make fome: fhew in i:he matter. . But let us once oe brought and arraigned, Coram Q\.ege juflo fedeizte in Solio, let us fet ourCelves there, we fhall the~ fee, that all our.former conceipt wtll vanifh fl:raight, and ll?Jgbteoujize.Jle (in that fen!e) will not abide the triall. , . . Bring them hither then , and aske them ~ere of this Name, and never .a Saint, nor FatiJer, no, nor the Schoolemm themfelves, none of them but will fhew you now to underfl:and it aright. In their Commentaries, it may bee, in their queftions and debates they will hold hard for the other. But remove it hither, they forf-ake: it preG gg g g3 fendy
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