( 54) I have here truly, diftin&ly, and plainly told you the Proteftant and Puritan, that is, the CbriflianDoilrine of Juftification. As to the fente of the word [Imputing] fee howwe do, or do not own it, briefly inMr. Bradrlasp's Preface, or largely in my Treat. ofjuflifying Rtghteoufnefs and Imputation. And in my cathol. Theolog. I have done you and Chriftianity the fervice, toprove by plainCitations, that many of your Learnedeft Divines do fay herein the famé as we, or very littlediffer from us ; and if you will as a Make-bate prove the contrary, you will do it to the Diffenters fhame. If you truft not Chrift alone, as we do, you will find the want of a Saviour in your neceflity, andPurgatory will not ferve your turn. But you tell us, that [Some of the Prelatick Cler2ie begin to fco4 at the Doctrine of Imputative yuflice : One of them lately, in a Sermon before his Majefly, called it, and not improperly, the Mummery of Imputative 7uflice.] I will tranfcribe no more of your Scoff: It's dangerous mocking at fuch matters Imputed Righteoufnefs is oft mentioned by the Holy Ghoft in Scripture. It is not force mens mif-expofition that will juftifieyour derifion. It's no ftrange thing for menof undigefted thoughtson both fides, publickly and privately to revile at each other as erroneous, when if they had but the skill of fpeaking diftinfly, and underffanding one another, they would prefently profefs that they are agreed ; or if it be for want of underftanding the matter, it's pity but they fhould be quiet till theyunderftand it. I amof their mind that think it is here fafeft to keep dole to Scripture phrafe ; for want of which many wrangle about their own ambiguous or ill-made : words, that in the matter difagreenot. But
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=