The Life of Faith. 3 49 Covenant [not to be ufed by them that judge it unlawful to add a form or ceremony in his worfhip) but it is a moll dangerous invention to wrack mens confciences, and keepall then under certain defperation. For whileli the world fland- eth, the fubtilcft of there Inventers of new doctrines will never he able to tell the world, which is that one foie ad ofFaith, by which they arc juflified, that they may efcapc looking for a Segal Jufiificationby the refi : whether it be believing in Chnfls Divinity, or Humanity, or both ; or in his Divine,or Humane, or Habitual Righteoufnefs, or his Obedience as a fubj.c&,or his Sacrifice, or his Priefl-hood offering that Sacrifice, or his Co- venant and Promifcof Pardon and Juflification , or in God that giveth him and them ; or in his Refurredions, or inGods prefent fentential or executive Juflification ; or in his final fentential Juflification, &c. No man to theend of the world (hall know which ofthere, or any other is the bole juflifying a ; and fono man can fcape being a legal adverfary to grace. Unhappy Papifis, who by the contraryextream,have frighten- ed or difputedus into fuch wild and fcandalous inventions. Of this fee fully my Difpur. of Juflification, againfl the worthy and excellent Mr. Anthony Burgefl. Errour 36. That our own Fairh is not at all Imputed to us fare Rigbteoufnefl, lut onlyCbriJfs R:ghteosfnefr received b3 it, Contr. The Scripture no where faith, that Cfiriff or his Rigbteoufaefl, or his Obedience, or his Satinfatlion is imputed to us : And yet we juftlydefend it, as is before explained, and as Mr. Brad¡haw and Grotiue de fatisfrtl. have explained it. And on the otherfide, the Scripture often faith, that Faith it imputed for Righteoufnefl, and (hall be fo to all that believe iir God that railed C'bn,ff (Rom. 4.) And this there objectors pe- / remptorily deny. But expoundingScripture amifs, is a much cleanlier pretence for errour than a fiat denyal of its truth. And.] a trueExpofation is better than either. The fame God who hath givenus a Saviour to fatisfie legal ju@ice, and to merit our Juflification againfl the charge that we arc condemnable by the Law of Works; hash thought meet to convey our title to this Chrifi and Jußification, by the Inflrtunentalityof a new Covenant, Teflament, or pardoning. Ad; in which (though he abfolutely give many antecedent X rF ? Mercier,.
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