248 Ofimputed Right.OfFaith,Juftif.andMans duty : this believe either that God Rewardeth hmfef, or that heRewardeth not us. But we eafily grant that he rewardeth us for nothing which cometh not from his free bounty : For no creature can have any other good. 2. But if Paid], and Love, and Obedience be not commanded to us, but only given us, then they are no Duties, but Gifts only ; and unbelief, hatred of God, and difobedience is no fin, nor brings noput-ailment. Lib. At leaft they are no Conditions of the Covenant. P. Do you think that they are any proper Means of our fuflification and salvation as theirEnd '. or not Lib. Tes : I dare not fay, that they are no means at all ; Faith and Repentance areMeans of our Pardon, and Holínefs and Perfèverance of our Glorification. P. What fort of means do you take them to be Lib. They are fuch Gifts ofGod as in order may go before Salva- tion. P. Going before, fignifieth only Antecedency, andnot anyMeans. Lib. OneGift maketh as fit for a thankful improvement of another. P. This fpeaketh them only to be a Means to our Thankful improve- ment, and not to our Right to the things to be improved. Lib. I do not think that they are a means ofour Right or title. P. Rev. 22. iq.. Blef ed are they that do his Commandments, that, they may have Right to the tree of life, &c. Lib. It may be tran/lated [that wafh their garments ] and [that they may have power upon] as Dr. Hammond noteth. P., T. The Alexandrian Copy which giveth him this occafipn, is lingo lar, and not be fet againft all other (though the Vulgar Latin gothe fame way ). Reza who yet thinks that a tranfpofition of two Verles bath darkncd thcfeTexts, this Book being negligently ufed, becaufe many for a time took it notfor an Apoftelical writing, (or Canonical,) yet faith, that it is contra omnium Gracorum códicum fidena ., that the Vulgar,. goeth. a.. But all's one in fenfe : For [ to wafh their Garments] is [ to be fanCtified or purifiedfromfin] and not only from guilt of punifhment , And i ado fignifieth fuch a Power as we call ,Authority or Right (ufu- ally. ) But what maketh you deny conditions on mans part :' Lib. Becaufe, r. It is fuppofed that 4 condition is profitable tohim that requireth it. z. it is force Cade ofthe benefit. 3. It is to be done by, the performers ownffrengthi whereasGodgiving us Faith, thatcan benó, condition on our part which isfrff a Gift from him that requireth it.: For to giveit pit, maketh it no condition of ours. P. Here we fee what it is to quarrell about ambiguouswords: Noone of thefe is true that you fay, of the common nature of a condition; or afi. leafi as we mean by thatword. .::: I. Civilians define a' Condition to be Lex addita negotio, qua donee,,. praftetur eventum fufpendit. As it is Required it is only Modus pro m onis, donationis velcontraatts : as Performed it is only a Removal,. of an Impediment, and a. Difpofition of the Receiver. So that as the. Non-performance is but the fufpeufionof a Caufation, fo the performance oca Conditionas .luch, is no. Caufe efficient: But it is difpofitio fubje¿i.3 which you may call a neceffary Modus of a Material Canfe, as the Reci- pient may. improperlybe called á Dr..Twife therefore calleth faith.Caaf4 dufffcationis difpofitiva. z. So
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