338 The Life of F 'it h. thing as a proper Power given by God, to do many things that a _ver are done; and that neceffary grace (which fume call fat- ficic st) which is not eventually effet$ual : for, fuch Adana had (lL ch Power, and fuch necefe¡y grace or help) to have baboon his lieti tin, which he did not forbear. And no man can prove that no final unb lievers, have had fuch power and help to have let eyed, ao Adam had-to havefood. But it is certain that we have not loch power, and neoeffiry grace, to have pettedly fulfilled all the Law. Earour 2o. That Faith jufifietb as an inffratnent and on- ly Oof this I havewritten at large heretofore. An infirument pr: poly Co called, is an efficient caute: Faith is no efficient ca.<fe of our Jutiihcation ; neither Gods inftrument, norours: for we juflitie not our (elves inlirumentally The known un- doubted infirument ofour Jutlification, is Gods Covenant or deed ofgift; which is his pardoninga 1 : They that fay it is not a Phyfrcal but a Moral inftrument, either mean that its max retry called an inftrument, that is, reputatively, and not reary or that it 1s indeed a moralinftrument, that is, effeeleth our Jot. f ification onorary. But the latter is falfe, for it effet'sth it not at all : and the form :r is falfe : for as there is no reafon ; fo there is no scripture to prove that God reputeth it to be what it is not. All/that remaineth to be laid is that indeed 'Faith in Chrif i an adwhole nature partly (that is, one at of it) conffeth in the Acceptance ofChri[i himfc.lf who is given to us for our Juftifieaton and Salvation, by a Covenant which maketh this believing-acceptance itscondition. And fo this accepting-all in the very effence of it, is fuch as force call a receiving injtrument (or a pa f ve) which is indeed no inf rumens, but an at meta- phorically called an inftrument (And in difputes metaphors mutt not be ufedwithout neceffty ; and to underhand Them properly is to erre.) So that (Lich an improper inftrument of Ju- [tificationFaith is, as my tru(tingmy Pbyfscian (and taking him for my Phyfician) is the inftrument of my cure: And as my Wafting myfellto the conclud of fuch aPilot,is the inftrument of my fare voyage, or as my trulfing myTutor is the inftrument of my learning; or rather as a:womansmarriage-stonfent is the in {stamens
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