(291) Minor is falfe `: for betides the fufferings mentioned, the very perfonof Chriff, and the aliveobedience of Chriif, and the Title to pardongiven us in the Gofpel, &c. apprehended by faith do juftifie. But the queftion is not what juaifieth exparte Chrifti, but ex parte nofiri. Mr. W. Argument 7. That which the doth firft pre- fent us with, i theObject offaith as juf1ifjing : 73[ßt. Chrift ra in the Gos»el fiat prefcnted as aSaviour : therefore,he às therein the objefi of faith au jufifj ing. .A?ifw. r. Diflinguifhing as before of the [ s rifiifying I Rill grant the whole ; the exclufive and fo the queftion is [tilt wanting in the conclufion. 2. But if he mean on( thenboth Major and cil4inor are falfe..The M.,ior is falfe;for that which the Gofpel doth firlt prefect us with, is but part of the object of juftifying Faith. For it prefenteth us with the Articles to which we mutt Affect, and to the Good which we mutt Ac- cept bydegrees , and not all in a fentence or word. The 11WIi- nor is falfe, becaufe in order of nature , the Defcription of Chrifts Perlon goeth firft, and ofhis Office afterward, 3. The word Saviour, comprehendeth both his Prophetical and Kingly Office, by which he faveth us from fin and Hell ; as al- to his Refurre Lion, Afcention, Intercetlion, &c. And in this large fenfe I eafily grant the Conclufion. 4. If by a Savi- our, he mean onty ( as his caufe importeth) a facrifice for fin, then (as this is a ftrangely limited fenfe of the word Saviour, fo) certainly the incarnation, Baptifm, Temptation, Miracles, Obedience of Chrift are all expreft before this ; And if it were otherwife, yet the confequenceof the Maier isutterly ground- lefs and vain.Priority or Pofteriority ofany point delivered in theGofpel, is a poor Argument to prove it the Object ( much lets it alone) of ¡unifying faith.. Mr. W. Argument 8. That which the Lords Supperdoth as a [cal prefect to juftifying faith , that is the objell offaith as i4ifying : Rut the Lords Supper doch prefent us with Chrif as ding. Ergo. Q q AnfW.
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