Cr 07) s being the Righteoufnefs of the Law, and the matter of that unification. Nor will any works at, all fo juaifie us, But it 'cloth not follow , that therefore no works will jullifie a man from the falfe accuration of being ln Impenitent, Unbeliever, and fohaving no part inChrift whole Righteoufners mull flop the mouth of the Law : Or that no works are the matter of the righteoufnefs required in this Conflitution , He that be- lisveth fbatl be toyed Repent th,et your fins may be blottedout.] Which are here required as thecondition of our freedom from the Law, by the righceoufnefs of Chria. In a word, 'Paul be- llows a large difpute toprove that no works of ours do -anfwer the expetlation of the Law and fo cannot juflifieus them- felves from its Accufation. Its an ill confequence, that therefore Paul proveth that no works of mans do anfwer the fpecial con- flitution or condition of the Gofpel L Repent and Believe in ChriP, 84c.] and fo are not the Condition of our intereft in that perfed righteoufnefs of Chria, which is theonly valuable caufe of our forefaid Juflification. Treat. zzz. e/igain, that works of all forts are excluded, is plain, ifyou confider theObjet of Itallificatiess , who it is that herePaid tobe *led and that is, the ungodly. By the ungodly is one meant that bathnot afiafficient and adequate holinett: to that Abraham though regenerated,yet at to lufliiicationú ungodly,he cannot flond before God, or endure, if all his imperfelli4ns been- quired after.Nott certainlyhe thatfulfilleth theconditions ofIssfii- ficasion, cannot becalled ungodly ; for he doth all that is required. inrd,. 1. Again , I grant all works excluded but not in all their relations ; are all their Intereas inJuftification excluded. 2. This Argument I fhould not have expelled from you. Youconfefs that by ungodly, is meant fuch, though Rege- nerve andholv,that have not anadequatehands : Adequate ; To what ? to etie Law ? or to the conflitution of the condition in the Gape! ? Marvel not if I deny the Confequence of your Argument, and if I be unable to digea your reafonfor it. You lay , thlt fulfilled, the Condition of Itallipation can. nut be calledungodh. J But what Condition ? I confefs he that P z ful-
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