C391) pion by infufson of inherent Righteoufnefi. ] And fo Mr. Poo- dle difputes againtt it only as thus meant : And Calvin alfo in his Antidot. on this 6. Self. 6. chap, never once finds fault with them here, but only for afcribing that to freeWill which they should afcribe to effechial Grace ; and for making Jufti- fication to be Sanctification, but not a word for making thefe Acts tobe preparatory to Juftification , ( Trattat. Theologici pa0..387.388.) 1iá. etiatn .4rticsslot facultat. Pariienf. lrt. q. defenfu Papif ito. Everyman that makes Faith to contain many as (molt Divines fay , ,Notitiam, Affenfum fduci- am, Ancefres names five,) mutt needs make all thofe Ads to be pre; requifite to Juftification, befides Repentance,and befides preparatory ads of common Grace. No man that I know Both kern tocome nearer you then Dr. Downame in placing juftifying faith in ALlcnr, and fo not taking it to contain fo many acts : And yeteven he tellsyou, that [the aEl ofthe Will Both concur to Faith. and that faithwhich is a habit of the mind, is fearedas well in the Will as in the Vnderflanding : and this is confeffed by Fathers, Schoolmen, and the modern Donors of the Rossi); Church.] Treat. of 7ufttf. pag. 358. 359. Yea for ought I can underfland he extended faith as far as band meant as I doherein, pag. 348.349, 352. he faith , [By the former which is a bare Affect, we do after afort Credere Chriftum, ac- knowledgehim to be the Saviour oft hofe that believe in him : By the latter, which i1 the lively and efeftual Afent working an the Heart, We do credere in Chriftum, and receive bìm to be our See. viour, *hereupon neceffarily followeth Affiance in Chrift, and loveofhim at a Saviour. Thus then by a true BeliefWe receive andembraceChrifl , in our judgement by a livery Ahnt : in our Hearts, defiring earnefily to be partakers of him ( which Re- fire we exprefs by our Prayer,) and in our. Wills refolving to ac- knowledge and Profefs him to be our only Saviour , and to ref# upon him alone for Salvation. So that a true lively and effellts- al faith is the Workof the whole foul : that is to fay, as well of the Heart as of the Mind, Rom Do. z o At .16.14. A&.8.3 7.; fo far Dr. Down.eme. Is not this as much as I fay ? and the very fame ? I only mention him (having many more at hand ) becaufe r . you urge him, and 2. 1 conlcture, you think you go,
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