( 3 & prop:tettorem Chriflum Ira Del,non opponit noftra merita, aut dileClionemnoftram,quia fides eft vera cognitio uti- car benefictis regene- rat corda,&precedit legi imple- tioneno. 32 ) tor & Propitiator Chrift to the Anger of God, doth not op- pofe our merits, or our love, becaufe faith is the true know- ledge of Chrift; and ufeth the benefits of Chrift, and regene. rateth hearts , and precedeth the fulfillingof the Law. 1-rHativhich I conclude hence,asMehinilhomopinion,is, T .That I he thought that confefsion offin was a caufa fine qua non of pardon, and he ufed this as the fitteft phrafe. 2. That he ufed the word Merit ( as he did in the Augu(t. Confefi. ) which I do not. 3.That betook thole fchoolmen to fpeak modeftly that laid mans merits were but acaufa fine qua non. 4. That be was vexed with turbulent fpirits for giving fo much toWorks, and A =fed, and Defamed, of whichyoumay fee more in his lifeby Camerarius and 'Meld,. Adarnns. y. Through mens peeviflinefs he was fain tochoofe the common place of Repentance, to preach the fame Doetrine which men could not bear when he preacht of Juitifi- cation. 6. That he faith, faith is our Righteoufnefs, becaufe it is imputed toRighteoufnefs : and to impute to Righteoufnefs is ufually takenfor Juftifying. 7 :c°orvhr.ibid. S. dicit ap- 7. CIAlvin Juftitut..lib.3. cap. probari fideles §.8. bliterata igitur Do operum 004 °mitts*, tranfgrefflonum callus quia Dominus quibus impediuntmr homines ne non aware eo. quicquano Deogroomproferant, ofildari nonPo- fepulto etiam imperfettionis vi. 41qmPerf'i" tic, quodbona quo operafadare ritum ruttm in p 1114egicitbona; jolet ; qua Pent afidelibto bona deo* grams opera 7tofiacenfentur, vel (quod efieDeadvOn& idem eft in josjiitiam imp etanbiles Taos Rios, tun t quit novo 06.-4ineamenta wifttofttividet. He blame of all our tranf- grefsions being blotted out,by which men are hindered from bringing forth any thing acceptable to God ; and the vice of our imperfectionbeing buried, which alfo ufeth tode., fileour goodworks ; the good works which are done by the faithfutareefteemed righteou% or (which is the fame) are im- putedfor Righteonfne[f.] Alto
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