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their f veral parts to a Chriliasis Comfort. 239 Lib. That he u a 'inner, "and deferveth damnation according to tin. Law, and thatbe bath no righteorsfnefs of his own. R. Mutt he not confers all this to be True, ifit be True ? And is not confefling the Guilt which he is accufed of, contrary to julfifying him Do you not fee here what Confufion you earl your felf into for want of noting the various fenfes of fuftilcation ? If by fuftifying we mean Making an unjuft man juft, then it is true that he is jeftifed from his Guilt, that is, he is pardoned ; and he is jnftified from the Lases con- demnation, that is, a man condemned by the Law is}sardoned and he is juffi fled from his reigning fin, that is, he is fan lified : But this Juftificati- on is not oppofite CO Accufation, but to Being unjuft. But if you fpeak of fuftification by Plea or sentence, it is contrary to Accufation of Guilts And fo no man is juftified that is notJuft, or Guiltlefs in the point of which he is accufed. God will by no means clear the guilty, or "juftiffe the unjuft, Exod. 34. 7, 8. nor fay of the wicked, Thon arc Righteous, Prov._24, M. T Pet. I.17. es-2,23. 3cr. 11.20. Ram. 1. 3t. 2. -. 2. But that you are quite miftaken in faying, that Scripture never men; tioneth fuftifying man from a falfe accufation, thefe and many fuels Texts Phew , Rom: 8. 33. Ifa. 50.8. NOV. 17,15. I Kings 8.32, fames 2.21.5245 25. Rpm. 2. t 3. Doke. 7.29. Meath. 11.19. er 12. 37. Ifa.43. 9.26.' Luke 10.29. er 16.1.5. lieut. 2.5. I. Exód. 23.7, &e. And howwidely differ you from molt Proteftant Divines, whofay that Juftification is a fudicialsentence of God as Judge t Though indeed it is of divers forts.. Lib. But it is not scripture3uffification, tcnlèfs it be perfe& : And all that we do is. Imperfect. To juftifre him in fame one thing, is not fufti- fication by faith, but another thing. . P. I. No doubt but Scripture mentioneth both particular fuftification as to force particular caufes, and amore large Juftification from all things that would damn him in Hell. And this latter is the Great Jdltificationnby faith, mentioned fo oft in Scripture, that is, Upon andby believing we are firft made juft, by free-given pardon and right to life, ( and true fant ti- fication with it) ; and we are fentenced juft, becaufr fo firft made jufl." But this is not without our Faith and Repentance. 2. And that Faith and Repentance are a Righteoufnefs Evangelical, that is, a performance of the conditions on which the Covenant ofGrace doch freely give usright to Chriil, pardon and life; and foare the Conthtutive caufes of thatfob -, ordinate Juftification. Lib. But your fubordinate Righteoufnefs bath no hand in our fuffi fcation. P. This is but finging over the old Song, by one that willnot confi- der what is anfwered. Have you thought on all the Texts even now cited t Hath faith no hand in our Juftification t Hath the performance of aCondition, and the Moral Difpofitionof theReceiver, no hand in the Reception of a Gift t What think you is the meaning of Chrifts words, Match. la. By thy "words thou (halt be juffified, and by thy words thou 'halt be condemned ? What meanethSt. fames, that a man is jufiifted by works, and not by faith only? Are men juflifted by that which bath to hand in their Juftification t Lib. driftmeineth [before men] andfo dot/s James, and not before God. P. This is notorioufly falfe, as contrary to the plain Text : Chrift fpeaketh.of the Account to be given of our words in the day of" fudge- ment,

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