(.z88) hewed pardon. 2. And means is tobeufcd by us, `( bel wicrg; ,again at leaft ) for that end. ;. And the continuance of par- don is given us but conditionally, ( thoughwe ~fhall certainly perform the condition. ) 4. And themoft perfeet fort ofJu- tification ( by.:fentence atJudgement ) is frill behind. Are there things doubtfull among Divines or Chriftians ? That the Church muff be thus moleftedby fuch difputing volumes againft ir, to make the Papifts and other enemies believe we hold t know not what ? :Read the manyArguments oflearned Sand- ford andParker de `Defcenfrs,and;B p. VJher de Defcenfis ( to the ?efsate ) by which they prove that all feparated fouls, as fepa- rated, are under penalty,and that Chrifts foul as feperated was fo : and then tell us whether your fancy of abfolutely perfe& Juftification at the fief{ will hold er not. I wonder that men Mould fo little know the difference betwixt Earth and Heaven; a:finner inflefh,anda Saint that is equal to theAngels of God '? and fhould dream of fuch perfection .short of heaven the place of :our,perfe&ion ? =His fecond,Argument is, [ Faithandwork, arehere'coñtraryt if of;Faith,thennot of works] Anfwer. Its true of the works that Paid excludes : butnot of the works that you exclude For Faith in Chrifs is [ work,,' ] with fuch as you, fave only that act that reftethon his fatistaction for righteoufnefs : And repentance and love to.Chrift, and denyingour own righteouf- nefs,are work, with you. And all tbefe are.neceffarilyfubfervient toChrift and Grace, and therefore not contrary. Aangufline,and afterhim the 'School- men, put it into their moft common de- finition of 'Grace,that its a thing [ qua nemomaleutit r. ] And as toefficiency itscertainly true: Grace doth not do any harm.: And if I may prefume to tell Aquiline that[öbjetlivedy] Grace may be ill ufed,yet perhaps hemightrcply,[not qua ra/tiovi:hout contradiE ion]in good fadnefs,Is it not a ftrange thing for a man in his wits, to cape& to juftified in.co-ordinationwith Chrifts merits, by denying that he bath any merits ofhis own that can fo juflifie him,, and by repentingof thofe fins that have con- demned him, and by defiring, loving, hoping in Chrift alone for his Juftitcation : orby Thankfulnefsto God for juUifying dim by the foie merits,ofChrift ? And is it not aarange Expo- &ion
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