(304) aauating ofour mindes, and the Exercife of all Gods Graces in us. 7. A Nother common affertion is, that, 7'he Faith which jufli- fieth malt take Chrififor King and Prophet, andSaneti- fier as wellas afacrificefor fin : and that this is required ofGo a matter offogreat neceffity,as that he will not jufiifie us Without it yea it is no truejuflifying Faithwithout it. Yet they fay we are not juftified by it becaufe this is not the aft which apprehendeth Chrifts righteoufnefs : this is fides qua Iufiificat, but not qua Its- flificat : this is not the Inflrument, nor the at related to that ob- ., jedwhich muff juftifie. And do they not here fay as much as I I (Though I fay not fo much as they.) Either I underftand it not, or elfe this confeffeth I that accepting Chrift as Lord and King, is a Condition of our J u- ftification, though it be not the Inftrument of it ? Anddid ever I fay, it was the inarument of it ? If I deny the Inftrumentality ofanother act as to juftification,doth it thence follow that I give more then they to this ati ? 8. THenext affertion which theyown, is, That the will cf man cannot defire evil as evil, nor refufe thatgood which they fee tohave only rationemboni : that man cannot hate himfelfdireHly, andw ill his own damnation. Or at lee, that a man may Will his ownfalvation, or efcape of Torments without laving Grace and therefore that even an unregenerate manmay be Willing to be par- doned, juflifiedandlavedfrom hell ; but he cannot be willing to be fantlified , obedient, andhealedof his corruptions. e..flfo they af- firm,that Gods Glory is his only or highefi vain all his Works, and that he cannot intend the Creature before his glory. Rom. 14,9. And if all this be fo, is it not much liker, ifwemuff needs make a diftinftion in thematter, that God rather intended the Accept- ing ofChrift as King, to be more the Condition of our Juftifica- tion, then the accepting him as pardoner or juftifier ? For the Condition and the benefit are dually thuidifferent,that thebene- fit bl
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