8o ---- Ofluflijication ~ard; t_h~re, fall t?ey int?a phanlie, they may give it over ; a~, that Iuflttt~ a Dormno, a_rtghteoufnelfe (from Go~, _they gram, ye~) in~ l1mnrm thc,mfelves, Without the rtghteou(nejfe that IS tn Cbrift Will (i them; whereofthey have a good ~on~eipt, that it will endure Gon'se::~ ftice, and .llandeth not by acceptattOn. So, by this meanes fhrinkethe up tht"ir J:V..ame; .and though tliey leave i:he full found, yett~ke they halle the fenfe from tt. . . .. · Now as for us, in this point ofrf?.jgbteoufneffi, if we both.goe no fur: ther, than the former, of taking away Jinne, then as much as Wee .llrive for, they doe yeeld us. And therein (we thinke) wehavecaufe to blame them jullly, for not contenting themfelvc;s with that which ~Eray27,9• conrmted the Prophet : ~ Hie eft omnn Jr~a~~~ (marke that omn~) ut b 'ohn '·29· auftratur peccatum. Whtch contented Samt loh11 IBaptift : b Ecce <Mar.r. 11 • Agnus Dei qui tollit'peccata mundi. Which contented the AngeO: c Hie fir1Jabit populum juum a peccatu eomm. Which contented the Fa~ d De•m·!?. thers, Saint .Auguftine, d Puto hoc ejfe iuflu-s (um, quod peccator nonfi 4 m.' Ai•fl· 16 · Saint IJ3crnard, e FaElu-s efl nobu iuflitia, fapientia, &c. Sapiemia inpr«· e n Canl,% 2 dicatione, iuflitia in peccatorumabjolutione. So that, to be abfolvrdFrom finne with him, is our righteoufnejfe. And yet more plainely; in his C XC. Epiflle to Innocentiu-s the Pope himfelfe, Vbi reconciliatio, ibi remifoo peccatorum, Et quid ip(a niji iujlificatia ~ Wh1ch the very name and nature ofa judgement-feat cloth gtve, whtch proceedeth onely in matter~ penall. · 1 And as We blame them for that ; fo likewife for rhis, no lelfe,that (if they will needs have it a part of jufiice) they allow not Chrijls Name as ··full in this part as in the former. For there they allow imputation, bu\ here they doe not. For I aske what is the reaJon why in the other part (of fatisfattion for finne) we need CH R 1sT s r]?Jghteoufneffi to be accompted ours ? 1Jtlt41ifl. The reafon is (faith IJ3ellarmiue) Non acceptat Deu-s in '7/eram (atis{afJio. 2 .zy, nem pro peccato, niji iurtitiam infinitam, quoniampeccatum offenfaeftinjiltita.' If that be the reafon, that it mr;ft ha11e an infinite fatisfafJion, becauf( tl1e offence ir infinite; we reafon a pari, there mufi alfo be an infinitemerit, hecaufe the reward i5 no lejfe infinite. Elle, by what proportion doethey proceed, ~r at w.hat ?eame doe they ~eigh ch_efe t~ain~, tha~ cannot counterpotze an znfimte finne, but Wtth an mfimte JatiS{,fJton; a~d tbinke they can weigh downe arewardevery way asinfinite,withament, (to fay the leall) furely not infinite? Why lhould there bee a necelfa. rie u(e of the facri.fice of CH R 1 s T s death for the one, and not an ufe full as neceffary of'the oblation of Hif life for the other ? Or how commeth it to palfe, that no leffe than the one will ferve to free us from eterna!J deatl1, and a great deale lelfe wil!Jerve to encide us toeter– nal/ life ? Is there not as much requilite to purchafe for us the crowne pf glory, as there is to redeeme us from (he torment~ of bell~ What · - · · · · dijfc~ence
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