(190) are media, means, which is more then only works. Pag. 24.1. He proves that works juftifie not fubordinate to Faith J thus'[ Argument I. No good work! Were found till faithhad dare itr Work] ] Anfwer. i. Faith bath not done its work till death ; we are not juftified only by the firft aCt of faith but by after-ads to the Death. 2. Faith in Chrifi as Head ,and Lord, and leacher, and Refire and Re- pentance were found before Faith had juftified us. 3. O- bedience is found before the fentential Juftification, ox the continuation ofour firft received Righteoufnefs. His fecond Argument is, 1 Becaufegood work, are the effe5le of Faith and 7aliifacation, and therefore cannot be the caufe.] Anfwer t. They are none of the caufe at all. Its not well to intimate that we hold them the caufe, as in defpight ofall our own denyals. 2. They are not fo much as Means or Antece- dents of that part of Juftification, of which they are the ef- fe&. The act of faith which you will exercife before your death, isas true a condition ( or Inftrument,ifyou will needs call it fo) of your Juftification as continued, as your firft act of faith was of your juftiication as begun. And yet that act of faith isbut the fruit of your firft Jollification, as well as Obedience is. His third Argument is, that [ If GofpelObedience, and good works do fubordinately aîl withfaith to the eff'etling of Yssfiifi- cation, then the 7ufhfication which proceedethfrom both, muff be of a different kind and nature. ] Anfwer i. Neither faith nor works effect Jufttfication. 2. Juftification by Promife and Gift , and Juflification by Sentence , Plea, &c. are much different. 3. Lut your confequence is nothingworth. For thefe are not caufes,but conditions. And if they were,yet different caufes may concur to the fame effect, which never man before you denyed, that I know of. Our cafe is, as if to a Rebell that bath forfeited Life and Eftate,the King (up. ona Ranfom ) grant him both, on condition that he thank- fully accept them as the fruits of that gift and Ranfom, and to hold them on condition, that he often dobis Homage to the King, and return not to Rebellion. Doth the firft ac- ceptance here ferve turn for continuance of what is firft re- ceived,
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