The Zip :;ofFroth. 3;5 O .mercies, yet) he giveth theffrr. and other Rights, by a condi- tional gift, that as the Reward of Glory thoutd have invited man to keep the Law of Nature and his Innocency ; fo the Re- ward thould be a moving means to drawmen to believe. So that there is acondition to be performed by our felves(through grace) before we can have the Covenant right to Jultification. Nowwhen that is performed, Cheitt then is our onlyRigh- teoufnefs (as aforefaid) by which we mutt anfwer the charge of breaking the flea Law, and being condemnable by it. But we can lay no claim to this Righteoufnefs of Chritt, till we brit prove that we are our (elves inherently righteous, againft the charge of being impenitent ?Unbelievers. This falfe accufa- (tion we muff be juttified agiintt by our own Faith an4 Repot- / tance ; that we may be juttiied by Chrilt, againft the true ac_ Icufation of finning againft the Law, and thereby being con- 1 demnable by it.. Now as to our Legal Righteoufnefs, or Pro_ legal rather, by which this latt mutt be avoided, it is [only the merits ofCbrift, given to us in its fruits, in the New Covenant, even the merits ofhie obedience and facrifice.] But our Faith it Pelf is the other Rigbteoufneß, which mutt be fonnd in our perrons to entitle us to chic fiat: And this being it, and being all (in the fenfe aforefaid) that is made the condition of our pardon by the New Covenant; therefore God is Paid to impure it it felf to us for a Righteoufnefs, becaufe that condition make- ' itfo ; and to impute it to an for our Rigbteoufaefr, that is; is all that now by this Covenant he requireth to be perfonally done by us, who had formerly beenunder a harder condition, even the fulfillingof the Law by innocency, or fuffering for tin i becaufe he that doth not fulfil norfatiefie, as is Paid, yet . if hebelieve, bath a right to the Juftification merited by Chrilt, who did fulfil and fatisfre. This is eatie to be underftood as undoúbted truth by thewilling; and the reit will be molt eon- tentious, where they are mote erroneous. Errant 37. That fsncere obedience, meadails of Lev:, Re_ (pentane, and Faith fave one, do jufifie us only before men; and of thatfpeaketb St. James, ch. 2. Contr. I mutt refer the Reader to other Books, in which I have fully confuted this. How can men judge of the ads of Repentance, Faith, Love, &c. which are in the heart ? And Jantee
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