( 279 ) fealy juil,(in this Relative fenfe; ) therefore no man can be more juft : therefore an Eleti Infidel or perfecutor, being molt Juft be- fore, can be no more juft after. I fuppofe they whom I gainfay, will own it all,as they that have read Dr.Crifp,andTo'n,and SaltmarA,may foon fee,But fo will I never do while the Sun of Scripture fhines fo bright, for the dif- covery of its evil ; telling us fo much of the righteoufnefs of Faith, and which is by Faith, and that Faith is Imputed to us for righteoufnefs , with much more , which cryes fhame againft this opinion : asmolt of all the texts before cited will bear wit- nefs. Argument 12. If we are Juftified orAbfolved by fatisfying or meriting in or by Chrift , as aforefaid, then we are as righteous while lnfidels,as Chrift himfelf. (I mean with thisRelative righte- oufnefs which confifteth in a not guiltinefs The Law hath no more againft us, nor the Judge, then againft him ) But the Con- fequent is Antinomian : therefore fo is theAntecedent. He that dare fay that every Redeemed or Elea Infidel, whore- monger. murderer, &c. is Relatively thus, as righteous as Chrift, fhall not borrowmy tongue to pronounce it. Nay, he that will fay, the belt Saint on earth is as righteous as Chrift or no more guilty or obliged to any punithment, is not of my Religion. I know the Antinomians are not afhamed of this affertion , ( and I know how the Papifts cavil with all Proteftants,as if they faid fo too ) But It. Gods Threatnings andholy Laws 2. And his exe- cutions on body and foul in this life. 3. And the witnefs of wens own confciences. 4. And the Spirits convincing the world of fin and mifery, (hall fhame and fupprefs this proud affertion in de- fpight of the Father of ayes, and his ftoutett Inftruments. eArgument t 3 If we are Juftified, pardoned or abfolved from eternity , or from the time of (-brills death ( on the forefaid grounds or any other, ) then may we not with any 'nidels or wicked men, in preaching or private conference, convince or per- fwade them of their mifery,as being under guilt, or not pardoned or abfolved, or as having no Right to falvation. But the Confe- quent is Antinomian thereforeio is the Antecedent. No man muff preach that which hecannot poffibly knowwhe- ther it be true or falfe : But no man that fhould tell any of the faid mifery, can tell whether it be true or falfe : therefore they
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