IILIMA*4-11161 ( 52.) none think,that becaufe Chrifl maketh in all this no mention of his ownfatisfallion, and our Righteoufnefi which confifleth in Remiffi. on offin,that therefore there is none filch by which we are 'reified; for he here prefeippofeth the(inner Redeemedby him, and conditio- nally pardoned through his blood, and this to be out ofdoubt, and his performanceof the Condition to be that which is queftionable, and not whether Chris! have done his part on the croft. so. By all this it is me evident that all that (hall befaved and beified in judgement, yea or Conflitutively, or eimatively in this 411 the Texts life, mull have a twofold Righteoufneft,one in the Remiffion oftheir lafi cited prove this. finsby Chrills bloodandgrace, the other the performance of that Ioh. 3. 7. condition ofpardon and falvation which the Gofpel doth Inrpofe : lames 3.1.8. and that by both thefe a man is conflituted tuft now, (as I tkinkall z Cor. 9 9 'Divines confefs) andbecaufe ofboth 'hall be be fentenced ke in Mat,: 6' Q3 3' Tet witha very great difference bath in the Reafbnand Ezen. 1-14, 16. & 33. 18, the Order of them Which mu(! be carefully ma ked. For CoriIts 9,ao. Righteotifnels doth Ireifie us Meritorioully,butfodoth not our own Rom.4,5,97 performanceofthe Conditions. Our 'Unbelief and Impenitency do ?',24. Merit our Damnation and fo we may yield that the Mentum amen z. 13. Caufx muft be inquired after in lodgement :but ourfaith or any Gal. 3. 6. Hub. 11.7. other att:ons merit not pardon orfalvation. Andfor the order,. 7. Tim 4. 8. ob/erve it in refpert ofour first Iseification, andof our continued A. lc. 3 5. iseification,and ourfentential heification. e/Is to ourfirfl leifii- Mat. 1. zes., fication (Which Divines commonly mean alone when they treat of Pr°I to z. & ic fullification) Our Reiniffion of an is onlyfor the Merit of Chrift, 11,6. &se, and in his blood: and Igive not faith,or any al ofman the leaf! Co- '8)19. & 134 partnershipWith Chrifis Righteonfiseft,nor any [hare in this honour. 28. & 15;19. 2LoWfeingour Divines do commonly mean the Remiffion of fin, " 'I° and the Accepting us as pardonedwhen theyfpeakof luftification, and all this Iafcribe to ChresMeritorious fatisfaelory Righteotif- ners alone, andnot at all to faith or work: as any castles, I conceive, Igrant them the thing that they contendfor. Only our ownfaith andRepentance (without the prefent exillence of external Gofpel- Works, much more without theWorks ofMofaical Ceremonies) are Conditions without which God Will not pardon or Irene any man. The'inner beingthus pardoned offreeGrace, it being the nature of all Grace to Cooperate and mutually further each other, our after- Holinefs andObedience may well be called one Endof our former iteification andpardon : for Chrifl didof purpofe pardon us, that being
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