Cz8o) [Gave boti an aptitude and Confluence to produce the efe(i : but the Late , and confequently Legal righteosefnefs bath no aptitude togive life,G31.3.2. enfrv. This is Difputing enough to make one tremble , and loath Difputing. Is there no aptitude in Chrifts legal Righte- oufnefs togive us life ? The Law doth not giveus righteou1neff, but it denominateth Chrift righteous for fulfilling it ( and the Law-giver for fatisfying ) and to that it had a fufficient apti- tude. The Text Gal.3,z. faith truly that the Law giveth not life : but firft it fpeaks of the Law as obeyed by us, and not by Chrift, that fulfilled it. Secondly, And indeed its fpeaks of Mo- fes Law , and not direalyof that made with Adam. Thirdly, And it denies not that Chrift fulfilling it may give us life,though the Law it felfgive us norte,fo that all this is befides the bufinefs. Mr. W.:,9. That Doíirinewhich doth moll exalt the graceof God, ought to be admittedbefore that Which doth !call exalt it : Bcrt the Dofirine of ?sellifacation by Faith alone as our Go.fi el- righteournefs doth moff exalt his Grace,and the other left. Ergo. es4nfro. Still mifunderftanding I Doth the Doctrine offaith alone without Chrift advance Grace ? Thats no faith. You do -not thinkfo that which denyeth Chrift or faith denyeth Grace. Mr. W. 10 . That opinion which confidereth a perfon under a two-fold Covenant at the fame time, ought not to be admitted : But to require bothLegal and Evargelical Righteoufnefs is to confider him under the Covenant ofwar{ r andGrace : I conclude therefore that two fortsofrighteoufnefsare not neceffarily required toourfa(fification. e .lnfi». I-Tow far we are, or are not under the Covenant of works, I will not here trouble youby digrefling, in this ram- bling Difpute to enquire. But to your (Minor 1 fay, this opini- on conidereth man only under the curieof the I aw till Chrift take it off him,bybeingmade a curfe for us and making over the fruit of his merits and fuffcring to us, Mr. TvV 2
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=