(407) deem thy fins by almes ; hemeans by fins, the poniAment and pe nalty which is doe tofin. w. 45.1-1R. willet on Rom. 2, Cont. 3.,7. [The meaning of this Dr. r. -Life acme, The,doers of the Law (hall be Jultified , is the fame : God will Approve, Juftifie,Reward them that do the Works of the Law, whether Jew or Gentile. Yet it followeth not that a man is therefore Iuftified by the Works of the Law ; But God Approveth and Rewardeth the workers, not the Hea- rers and Profeffors : fo here the Apoitle treateth not of the Caufe ofIufiification, which is faith without the works of the law : But of the difference between fuch as ihall be luftilied, and fuch as are not : Flat, They onely which have a lively faith, which worketh and keepeth the Law in part, and fupplyeth the reft which is wanting in themfelves by the perfect obedience of Chrift, they (hall be 'unified ; not thofe which onely Profefs the Law and keep it not. The Apofile then here flieweth who (ball be luftified, not for what.] [Good works are required a a Con- dition in thole whichare to be faved, not as a Meritorious caufe of their Salvation.] 46. ce.lit.Marefitts,Colleg, Tbeol. loc. 13. p. 3 3 7 The ne- L)cefsityof Repentance, as a means, we here alfo acknow- 3amoNla' c6ras' ledge, feeing that to the Impenitent there can be neither falva- tion nor rerniffion of fin, azc.Remiffion of fin belongs to it, nei- ther formally, nor raeritorioufly,nor fatisfadorily ; but at mofi 1. Conditionally ; as this is offered to us ifs the Gofpel, on the Condition of Repentance and Faith ;. Difpofitively, &c. 3. Indicatively and oflenfively, &c. Far be it from us therefore to make that Remiffion with the Papifts to be an effs:cct properly fo called, ofRepentance ; when that is due onely to Gods Grace by Chritt, iSzc> But its partly a neceffary Confequent adjun& of it, in as much as under that Condition, as alfo of New obedi ei.ce, Alt 4
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