(5x) Where I have difproved it by many Arguments. But if qua be taken lets properly,as denoting only the apti- rude of faith to be thecondition of Jufl;ification, then Riti the Quefiionis begged. For we fay, that as the act of believing inChrilts blood-fliedbath a fpecial aptitude in one refpect,fo the act of believing in his Refurrection, Interceflion, &c. and re- ceiving him as King, Teacher, &c. hath a fpecial aptitude in other refpects, upon which God hath certainly made them the, Conditions of our Juítification with the other. But if any fhould difinguifh of the act of faith,and not the Habit and fay that [ fides vex credit in Chriftam at Regem, j447at, fednon gins credit in'Chrifhnn ut Regem I accept the former as being all that I defire, and grant the latter : But then I fay the like of the other act of faith, that [fides quiff credit in Chri/Iusn fatisfacientem non juffifacat, becaufefades qua. fides, non jnffifcat, fed fides god conditio pnefiita. ] And I think I need to fayno more for the opening the Fallacy, that this diftinái.. on ufcth to cover. And now I come to perufe all that I' can find that is pro. duced to fupport this diitinctiott And themolt is certainpre- tended fimilitudes , that have little or no fimilitude as to this. The common (imilitude is E R man that i oculattts hearetb,' but not qua oculatus, but qua auritus , &c. j_Repl. Firft, Ifyou take pia ftrictly, the affirmative is not true. For then aquatenutr d omne, every man that is auritus would hear: whereas he may stop his ears, and be where is no found, Pic. And a man that bath eyes may wink, and be in the dark, &c. Secondly, Ifqua fignifie theaptitude, .'or caufal interest, I deny the fimi- litude ; It is di:imile : and the reafonof the difference is evi- dent : for a mans eyes are Phyfical efficient caùfes of his fight, and his ears ofhearing; naturally in their aptitude and potenti- ality determined to their proper objects : but faith is no c ffici- ent caufeof our juítification;or ofour interest inChrift at all ; much lets -a Phyfcal efficient caufe. But the Intereft it bath is Moral,whichdepended' on the Donors will and it is no higher then thïit of a condition : and thezefore theact that Phyfically bath leaít refpect to the object, may in this cafe if the Donor H z p1eafc2
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