Baxter - BT763 B397 1658

. (386) given by a writtenPardenor Grant, from whence theRight to it, and the Benefit it felf, do immediately refolt ( being indeed but one thing, except my underftandingbe too grofs to diftinguifb them.') If therefore youhad Paid as you ibould, that Right to Glory, and to Sanctity ( fo far as that Cove- nant giveth it ) are bellowed without any other Act, ( except finali Judgement,which is neceffary to full Juflificationas well as Glory)I fhouldyield 'you all. 3. To your third, [ That the Covenant juftiftet but conditi- onally, therefore not aïtually. I anfwered before : for it was one of your former Arguments. Conditio eft Lex addita ne- gotio lux donee praftetur eventum fufpendit faith Cujaciwi. And as Mynfinger faith, Meg; atlio, neq; obligatio ulla eft an- tequam conditio eveniat : gatia rood eft an conditione, non eft in obligatiene : (Schol. in7nftit. p,á23. ) So that it is theNa- ture of the condition to fufpend the effect, but not to make the caufe to be no cattle. Indeed if the Conditionbe never performed, then it deftroyes or prevents the effect, and fo the Inftrument doth notagere : And why ?,but becaufe it was the Will of the Agent that fhould act fo, and on fuch terms,or elfe not: fo that thenon-performance loth not undo what the Inflrument did,nor doth it difoblige the Author but it mani_ fefeth that he was never obliged: (they are Grotiui words. ) I concludetherefore that when the condition is performed, then the Infirument or conditional Grant doth begin verè agere donare ; and the Agent by it : buttill then it doth not pro- perly act or effect at al1.Is not your Teftament that gives your Legacy , becaufe it gives conditionally ? Or mull there be fome other Act,to make it an abfolute proper Gift. 4. Your fourth allo is oneof thofe which you in the Beginning, where I have anfwered it. The Covenant you fay, ie anAlt left ; and fo not continued, andfo the yujhfication by it paft, andnet continued, &c. ] Anfwer. The Phyfical Act of Legiflation or covenant granting is pail but this onlymakes it an Infirument, able and fit to"produce fach and kith effects, and notactually toproduce them at that prefenr, when it is cónditional. Bnt the Moral actionof this Law or Covenant is not pafl,, but continued., The Law. or Covenant is not out

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