CE A P. 28. Hot' faith is an Inßrutncnt. 355 may well be called a condition , but the quetlion is in what fenfe we mufi take the word -, condition : And to fay , that it it taken , as commonly ufed for the condition of a free gift, will not fatisfie in our cafe ; becaufe though the gift which we expeEtby faith , is to us indeed free yet it is a purchafed free gift ; &fuch airee gift , as there who get it,have all the legal title &. Right thereunto , through the Caationers purchafe & payment , & only come to the potrdlìonofit through Faith , accordingto the. wife methode & Conne- xion , made by the Soveraigne Lord. Adam's perfect obedience might ha- ve been called the condition of a free gift : and we cannot give th'e fame place & power to Faith in the New Covenant , that perfet obedience had in the old; for Adam,if he had perfectly obeyed , had gore his reward with - outany intervention of a Price by a Mediator, purchafing it; but we mull holdall our reward folelyof Chi ift, that he may have the glory of all (3) as (if) can denote a Condition , fo(by can denote an inftrumental cart fe. Himfelf tels us fom -where in his Confut. of Ludorn. Colvin/r, aliás Ludov. Molimeur.," that viz denoteth an efficient caute & we read, that we are tufli- .fìed by faith , ßiá 9-ísä +;. And further , though there paffages , which he citeth, and the conditional if , and the conditional forme of the promife, do indeed exprefs a Condition s, yet they do not fay , or prove that the ter- me Condition is the only one terme, that properly expreffeth the neareft & for- mal interett of faith in juftification ; or that the terme of an lnfirurrient is no -way fit to exprefs this neer & formal intereft of faith in juftification , feing to be juflifl d by faith , car through faith , 7r4e ,c s zis -Eas 7risco)s (all which the Scripture ufeth ) is as expreflive ofan Inftrumental intereft as if thou beleeve &c.is expreflive of a condition. He faith ibid. p. S 9. Conclu f. i o. That the difference betwixt him & other:, it not that he giveth any more to work! , than they ; but that they give more to faith, than he , d? confequently to man : d. if he be guilty ofequalling faith a obedience too much, it it not by bringing rip works too high ( to be 1nfirumentr of 3u, (1ifica- tion, as they make Faith ) but in takingaown Faith too Much, d?' confequently , in too much abafeing all as ofroan. AnJ. If he bring up works CO Faith , in our Juftifi; ation , & give a like intereft to b,"Qth , he giveth more to works , than the orthodox will do-: And when we call faith an lnftrument in juftification, we give not fo much to it , as they do , who call it conditio poteflativa, and give it the fame place in the New Covenant , that perfect obedience had in the old , as was feen above : And who ever fay this, are fo far from deba- fiHg man & his actions , that they give him , as much ground of glorying & boafting , as ever Adam would have had , if he had fulfilled the condition, & given full & perfed Obedience :And he cannot but know,that that terme, Infirument, was of purpofe applied to Faith , in this matter, to depreffe man, & to keep the crown upon the head of Chrift , as it is apt enough to do , if it be but candidely underftood , & taken as it is applied , and no further, nor vexed with metaphyfical niceties , a way , that might render every borro- wed terme, whether from arts or fciences , how expreílìve fo ever ofour meaning , & explicative of tyre matter intended , utterly ufelefs. It is true , when he cail.eth faith only a caù fa fine qua non, he feemeth CO give lefs to X x Faith,
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