C93) r». W. paf. 411,4120 I Will rally up tnj Arguments againfi theforejaid Definitionof Faith tó be an acceptingofChrift Ai Lord and Saviour : proving that Chrift: only as Saviour and Prie , offering hiyufelfop to the d:eq..; of the Groff; for (."tdr fear, is the proper Obleit ofjuftif)ing Faith, as jssf{ifying. Argumens i. Ifthe Faith of the Fathers sender the old 7-filament ?'at direFl- ed to Chrifl as ddiag Frieft and Saviour ; then alfo the Faith ofBelievers now ought fo to be direEledoRret.Ergo®' Anfw. T. I grant the whole, and never made queftionof it. But what kin is the conclufi i-of this Argument to that which you had to rr.ove, unlefs [ Only ] had been added. Did we ever deny that faith mutt be directed to Chrift as Prieft ? 2. ASaviour is a term refpe&ing our whole Salvation, and fo Chrift faveth by Teaching, Ruling , and judicial jufti- fying as well as dying. 3. The Fathers faith did not refpeá Chrift as dying or fatisf:) ing only, which you fhould prove; but cannot. Mr. W. Argument 2. If Chrift as dying, and as Saviour doftti, fie gods ?office, and paci6e a f=nners confrience, than as dying and Saviour he ù the Objea of jtsl ifying Faith. But Ergo. Anfh. The fame arlfwer ferveth to thisas to the laity The conclufion is granted, but nothing to the Queftion, unlefs [Only ] had been in. 2. Chrift as obeying actively , and Chrift as Rifing. and as interceding , and as judging, as ling, doth alit juftifie us, Rons.5.19. l í m.4 24, 5 Rom; :S.3 3, 4. Mat.12.37. and 25. S4,4°. Perufe thefe Texts impartially.; andbe ignorant of this if you can. 3 . And yet the Argument will not hold, that no act of ti th is the conditionof 'Juttifica- Cons but thole whole object i* conficiered only as juftifying Theaccepting ofChrift to fancti;5.e us,is a real part ofthe con- dition of Juitification.
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