(313) of his Faith , ( whether againa an aetual or implyed pOtential accufation ) then himfelf is juitified by the juffification of his Faith that is, as to that Caule, and againft the accufation. Nor is ,:here any j of of a mans utile , which juftifieth not the elan as to that caufe Nor any Juftirication of the man in Judgement. but by ultifying his caufe. Only there is great diffe- rence between caufe and caufe between thequeftion, Whether he be tin verfally righteous ? and Whether he be in this point and thus far righteous only ? And I never ailirrued that man is fur- ther juftified by his own Faith and Obedience as the matter of his righreoufnefs,at Cods bar,but only spa 1.4w ',fro to this parti- cular caufe. Yet I fay, it is a Caule of great moment, and which our univerfal Juftification hath a dependance on, as on a conditi- on. When the queftion is,Whether we have performed the Con dition of the Promife that gives right to Chrift or not ? as to this rade , our performance is the righteoufnefs by which we are Jug. 1}jed. And this is the Truthof God which men maintain in other words while they oppofe it in there. itiNother common Affertion is that [ Tames byWorks means a working Faith, when he faith we are juffifi- ed by Works, and not by aith only.] Thus Mr. Pemble , and the molt of our D vines. I believe as well as they, that lames fpeaks of Works as effecis of Faith, qualifying it or proving it fit to juffifie : but yet I believe verily that by Works he means Works indeed , having mentioned them no lefs then tz times in 13 or verfes. fuppofe the meaning be that a working faith juffifies , and not a faith that will not Work : If they place no reafon of its juftifying, in this modification ,(that it be working ) the fcope of /4m.f'i difcourfeconfuteth them , and the reafons that he brings are made void and vain. It never was in his mind to take pains to prove the neceffity of fuch a Qualification of Faith. as isno means, no not fo much as a Condition, to the end in queftion, but is a meer concomitant. But if they me,n, that Faiths working nature, is anymeans or Conditionof its junifying, they fay as much as I. For example`; A man is prornifed his freedom if he pay T 00 l. currant money. That it be iri iluy, is the fubitance of the Condition : but that it S I be
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