the obje& ( the promife ) fometime fromanother C theblood of Chrift ) fometime from a third ( his obedience. ) And in other cafes he diftinguifheth Faith from Hope and Charity:but not in the bufiiiefs of Jufification, confidering them as refpc - ding Chrift and the endsof his. blood. But lames by faith means a bare ineffe&ual Aftent to the Truth of the Chriftian Religion , fnch as the Devils theist: (elves had. 5. P.assl fpeaks of Juftification in its whole (fate, as begun and continued. But ?arses doth , principally if not only fpeak ofJuftifrcation as continued. Though if by works any underftand a difpofition to work in faith, or conlun& with it (asDr. f ckfon doth) fo his words are true of initial fuftiñca- Lion alto. 6. The principal difference lyeth in the Relations of works mentioned. Pagel fpeaks of works as the immediate matter of a legal perfonal Righteoufnefs, in part or whole. But ?Ames ipoak of Works, not as anfwering the Law, but as fulfilling the conditionof the Gofpel, and implyed (as promi- fed or refolvedon) in our firit`believing, and fo as fubfervient to the Sacrifice., Merit and Righteoufiiets of Chrift , as the avoidingof .poifonor dangerous meats ( thatmay kill,though the contrary cannot cure) is fuhfervient to the curing medicine of aPhyfician, and implyed inOur taking him for our Phyfician at firft. And fo much briefly to fatisfie you and the world, of the Reafons of my Diffent from you, that I may not differ from fo Dear and Reverend a Brother, without making it appear, that neceliity did compel me. That which I have paired over, being about the Inftrumen- tality of Faith, I. (hall fpeak to, (if 'rod will) together with Mr. Blare;Reafonings on that Subjeu, in anotherDifputation.
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