8 Fa ;th is not our Rigbteotts fne fs. C H A P. 2 5 benefiter , d? can fequently cannot jufli fie a man in the eye ofthat Law : for, as he addeth , there mul be repentance , & forgiving men their injuries , dT faith .anufi be fuçh as worketh by love, &then he tels us, that Abraham war juflifed by his works. Jam. z. All which abomination of ,dorine, & perverfion of theright wayes of ..the Lord , we are not .here to examine : It is enough, in reference to the . clearing of what is now before us & under confideration ; that we fee herea . plaine delineation & explication made of that Gofpel, which Mr. Baxter faid, this Treatife would lead us into the knowledge of: & whic.his the very farr;e, upon the master, with that Gofpel, which Socinians &,Arrni. wits hold forth , joyning herein with Papiflt, as we paw in part above Chap. xs t1l.towardsthebeginning, &we shalt at this occafrontrouble the Rea - íc wish force more of their expreflions, that we may fee , that the do -r uine, which is now fo much cried up , & followed after , is nothing but old Socinianifine & fo, owned & profefled by rich as donor deferve to be .calledChriíiíans, Socin. deServat. lib. 4.c.4,7,ït. God juflrfieth.theungod- dy . but now converted, penitent, dT after hehathleftoffto be ungodly: the jufli- fed are not ungodly in themfelver neither are they fo called , yea they are not fin_ .nerr , ds which is mire, they do not now finne. And fo faith duo' workr , that ir, obedience to the comnzandr of Chrifi, as the forme of faith , doth juftiie us before God, e by them through them ( per ilia, ex illis) he juflifieth tar. Smalciur difp. 4. c. Franc sum. Degeneration, all other good works, Love, Prayer , Obedience, Faith., Charity &c. are fo far from being effetis of juflif cation , that without them jziJhficaticn can no way really exift , for God juflifieth no may but him, who it ,compleetly adorned with all thefe ve t ees - yea the flatly of good workr'& wal.keing before God were the cau fe ( though not the chiefe) of the ju flific .ftion ofNoah, Abra- ham do others , who are faid to be jufli fled by faith. Socin. ubifupra de Serv. lib. I. c,. 4. Faith doth not ju fli fie by itr proper vertue , but by the mercy do" good will .of God , who juflifeth fuck, ardofachawork, &imputeth it forrighteeufnefr. With Paul , to have righteoufnefr imputed is nothing el f è , but to have faith impu- ::àed , (IT to be accounted Pill. faith is fo imputed to us , ar that becau fe of faith, wes howbeit guilty of many unrightcoufnefr , are efteemed perfedIji righteous, or God fo dealeth with ur, art./ we were perfeilly righteous wha can doubt, that the Ape - file meaneth no other thing than that we are not righteous be f re God , hecaufe our .workr require that , as a dui reward , but becaufe it bath fo jeemed good to the Lord, to take our faith in place of righteoufnefr ; fo that we receive the reward of grace, by which we are declared righteous before him. More might be adduced tor this end , as it might be shown alfo,how herein the Arminians confpire with them against the orthodox. And "as for the judgment of Papitis, in this point, it is likewifeknown. It will not be necefrary that we infift, in aifproving that, which hathbeen fo much witneffed againfl by the orthodox writting againft Papifir, Socinians, 8 Arminians, upon thefe heads : It will fur ice , 1 fuppofe , if we give a few reafons, why we cannot acquiefce in the dottrine , propofed by the fore - ,named Author., I. Hereby works of obedience ate exalted to the ,fame place, & are allo wed
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