their feveralparts toa Cbrylianf Comfort. z17 account of ,Chrifts merits and interceffion, by which the fins of our belt works are pardoned , and life eternal freely given to obedient believers: Of the worthinefs of our workswe mutt fpeak more anon. Lib. I fmell whereaboutyou are: Youmake us hear the Pope that i i your belly : Tots mean as the Papifts, that Chrifi bath merited that your works¡bd be meritorious. P. Hachnot Chrift Merited that our holy Love and obedience be Re- warded e Lib. Tes : but what's that toMerit ? P. Hath he not byhisMerit made them Rewardablee Lib. res,or elfe how can they be Rewarded? P. Do younot know that byMerit the Papifts themfelves profefs that they meannothing but Rewardablenefs? At leaft do we Proteftants mean any thingelfe by it Lib. what the Papts or youmean, you bell know your felves ; but I know what you Jay : Andyou both talk like the ignorant enemiesof Grace. P. Do you include the 7anfenifts who fay that all Chrifts Grace now is nothing but his irreftible efficient operation of Holy Love in the foul : and that God moveth us to it neceffarily or infuperably a and, that he now giveth no Grace meerly fufficient, which is not effeftu- al t' or meerly effeftual to make us. Able, but alfo to make us Att? and that now heleaveth nothing to our Free-willin Chrifts gracious ope rations, but giveth inall all theWill and all themerit that men have a and that Fear and obedience of aLawwritten,,is our own Legal Righteoufnefs, , ( thoughit refpe& the new. Law ;) but Chrifts Righteoufnefs which he , giveth us as Mind fromonr Legal Righteoufnefs, is only his Spirit, or Love putinto the heart t Lib. I donot believe that any Papifi is fo much for freegrace P. But if youdeny it, and the bookbe opened, and it found there writ ten, is it nothing toyou to be found in falfhood t' Lib. But I fay not as Janfenius, that it isthe Lawwritten in us, but Chrifts Righteoufnefsimputed to us, which is our Righteoufnefs. P. Didyou not evennowconfefs an Inherent Righteoufnefst Lib. res ; batnot to our fufti cation. P. Of that more anon: By uftification, they mean Making us holy: 6 Lib. But Janfenius is not a commonPaps: why tellyou me of him? P. Mybufinefs here is not to juftifie the Papifts; but to underhand, your mind: I d5 not thinkyou knowwhat the Papifts hold in it. Lib. I am not afhamedto be a firanger to their Books : But I will bring one whenyou will, thatfhall open the abominationof their dottrine ofinerlo' Tillthen it's you to whomIj eak. P. Content: we will make another dayesworkof that: Tell me then whether it beNames or Things that you make fomuch ado about e Lib. Both : we like not ill names: and worfe falfe dottrine. P. Whatare the Names that difpleafe you e IsReward or Rewardable- nefsone e Lib. No : if you will underhand them well : For they are Scripture words. P. Is worthinefs one of them e Lib. Tes; ifyou will fay that we are worthyof the Reward or of fal- nation. P. Do younot know that theScripturedually fo fpeaketh e Rev, 3. 4. They fhall walkwith me in .white; for they are worthy; z Thef. I. 5, II. Worthy of theKingdom of God: I Thef. a. ra. Walk worthy ofGod : Gg z Luk.
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