228 Ofimputed Right.OfFaithjuftif.ndMans duty .T Lake o.3;. That are accountedworthy to obtain that world 2I. 36. That you may be counted worthy to fcape all thefe things, and to ftand, &c. Matth. Io. II. Enquire who in it is worthy- -13.Í the houfe be worthy, let your peace remain. If it be not worthy, let your peace return ---3 7. He that loveth Father or Mother more than me, is not worthy of me. Matth. 22. 8. They which were bidden were not worthy. .öts 13.46. Ye judge your felves unworthy of everlafling life Is not this Scripture e Lib. By [ Worthy] the Text ineaneth not merit, but fitnefs to re- ceive. P. Our que(lion is not now of the Meaning , but the Name you know. Lib. I am not againfl the Scripturenames, ifwell underflood. P. Merit is a name I perceive that you are againft. And wemake fo fmall a matter of words, thatyou (hall choofe any other nameof the fame lignification, and we will forbear this, rather than offend you : But yet tell me, f\i. What ifthe words ago- and u to were tranflated Deferving and Merit, would it not beas true a tranflation as worthy and r orthinefs, when it is the very fame thing that is meant ? Nay, when Merit ofcon- dignity is the higheft kind, whichthePapifts themfelves mention and are reproved for, doyou not hereby imply that condignity is a bigger word than bareMerit? Qgfl. a. And Iask you, Whether all the antient Teachers of the Chur- ches lince theApoftles, whole Writings are come down to us, do not fa- miliarly apply thefe names a fa andMerit-ton tobelievers r And if you perfwade. men that all thefe Teachers and Chtsrches were Papifts,you will perfwade moll that believe you to bePapifts too. But fuch is the fuccefs of over-doing ! .well. 3. And Iwouldknow, Whether in common fpeech, Reward and Merit or Defert be not Relatives, as Mailer and Servant, Husband and wife ate ? Is there any Reward which is not Meriti Premium, the Reward of Merit ? What mean you your felf elfe by theword Reward ? Lib. i meanGods freeGift without refpeit to merit or defert. P. Doth not the ufage of the World diflinguifh between a meet Gift and à Reward? What if you give money tothe next man you meet with- out refpedi to any thing in him, will you call it a Reward ? Review all the ScriptureTexts that fpeak of a Reward, and fee whether they have no relation to any foregoing ad in man. God gave Chrift himfelf to the lapfed world: Was this Gift of Chrift a Reward, God gave Tome Pro- phets, fotue Apoftles, be. and giveth the Gofpel to Infidel Nations: Is this Gift a Reward t or everfo called ? Your humane natureis Gods Gift : but is it a Reward r Nay, will you fay, that the far/l Grace is a Reward; which is faid to bePelagianifm? Lib. well: but Rewards are Gildsfecond Gifts as theyfollow the for- mer, without refpelt to worthinefs or Merit. P. That cannot be neither: IfGod firft Givethe worlda Savìour,and then give them thecovenant of Grace andPardon thrd'ugh' him, is this a Re- ward r If Chrift firft heal the fick man, and then caufe him to walk, or if Peter and folsn firft heal the lame man, and then caufehim joyfully to leap &e. is the fecond a Reward t If an Infidels Life be firft preferved, and then the Gofpel given him, is this a Reward r Lib. No i but a Reward fuppefeth only our Fitnéfs to receive afree gift, which is called our worthinefs, and not oar Merit. p. Do
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