( 375 ) that is by our Evangelical righ- Judgement by our own Faith, teournefs or works as ?amen Repentance, Love,Obedience fpeaketh. That he that is falfly accufed to be without them, ( and con- fequently according to the te- nor of the promife, to be with- out part in Chrift ) may be ju- Rifled by them ( or by deny- ing the Accufation)fo far. 23. VOflius Thef. de Bon. v oper. Merit.pag. 79. Th. to. 2...tyritur an mercer operibus promtttatur ut fideifzg- nis 2(os & nimiumdicere pu- tamus qui ears operibus promitti cenfent ut caufa meritoria : Nec fatis dicere istdicamus qui tan- tummodo ut fignii fidei promifz fionem faftam arbitrantur. Si.. gulden) multa font Scripture loca quibus planum fiat opera nofira in faltscis negotio fpeCiari ut caufam fine qua non, five ut conditioners pracedaneam qua pramium vita aterna individuo fecum nexu trahat. Mat,z5.34. Apoc. 7.14 Et pag 76. Colligimus non lo- quificrus liter& de mercede,qua- dis dignitatcm merced: 2,07 jure rnercenario debettou: fed ea qua nonfegnIbus verism labo- rantibss ex u`o.3-e:ii gratuity promiffionis ElTs queflioned whether the Voilius reward be promifed to works as to figns offaith ? We Judge that they fay too much that fudge it promifed toworks as to a Meritorious caufe. And we .fudge that they fay not e- nough who fuppofe the promife made to them only as figns of faith For there are many places i of Scripture in which it s plain. that our works are lookt upon in the bufinefs of Salvation as a caufa fine qua non, or as a pre- cedaneous condition, which in- feparably bringeth with it the reward ofeternal life [ We gather th*the Scrip- tures fpeak not of a reward which is due by a mercenary right as for a worthinefs pro. portionable to the retvard but of that which by right of Adoption,
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