( 3ot ) This granteth the thing that I contend for, or that men are of- fended with me for afferting. For in Paula fenfe, 'I ever difclaim- edWorks from Juftifying, that is, either I. Mofaical ceremonious Works. 2. Or exact righteoufnefs according to the firft Cove- nant, (no man having fuch. ) 3. Or any conceited to be Inch. 4. Or any conceited meritorious, and making the Reward to be not of Grace but of Debt, Rom. 4, 4. But if by Works, you will mean any good aCtion, I fay that as Faith fo in their places Re- pentance, and Gratitude for the offer ofLife, and defire and love to the obijett of Faith, are Conditions without which we cannot be faved or juftified. And do not themfelves fay as much ? Or dare any fayotherwife except the Antinomians, that are for Infi- dels Juftification ? If you fay But Faith only is the lisftrument, and not Repentance, Love, &c. I Anflv. I never faid that Repen- tanceor Love were Inftruments of Juftifying us. 0bj. But you fay that Faith is not, and fo you level them. Anfw. 1. Lay the blame then where it fhould lye, and fpeak the truth : fay that I deny that Faith jufhfieth us as the Inftrumental caufe,and fay that I give lefs to Faith,and fo to man in Juftification then others do ; anddo not fay I give more to other aCts,as Repentance,Love,&c. When youknow that others make themfine quanon, and neceffa- ry Conditions as well as I. z. I have told you in my account to Mr. Blake, how far I deny Faith tobe an Inftrument and how far I will contend with no man that ufeth the word , and my rea- ions for both, and that I give it the honor ofbeing the Receiving. Condition. "THe fourth affertion warranting my opinion, is this, That We are juflifed by Faith as long as we live, even by our re- newed andcontinuedBelieving,and not only by thefirft inflantaneotte 0E1 of Faith. I never met with man that denyed this : How abfurd andcon- trary to Scripture is it,to fay, that no man hath juftifying Faith above one minute or inftant of his life (as to the aft) ? Or that all our after believing dot') no more to our Juftification andPar- don then our Wotks do, ( in their account, which is nothing, as they exprefly fay ? ) Am not I warranted from this Doetrine of Q.,cf ,3 theirs-,
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