386 Works of Obedience no Condition of tufli fication, C H A P. 31, lowing words verf. 7,8, 9, io. may put beyond all queftion, His cireing there- after pag. 146. Rom. 7:4. Gal, 2: 19, zo. is to no purpofe ; for in neitherof thefe , nor any where elfe, doth he cry up holinefs , performed in any man- ner whatfomever as a Condition of Juflification; and this our Author shóuld show , or he doth nothing : for we are not againft the neceffity of ho- linefs , but fee more Sure, More Comfortable , more Heart quieting , mo- re Divine, and more Gofpel -like grounds, whereupon to prefl'e holinefs, than any he difcovereth in all his book, or can , according -to his.prin- ciples. His 3. ground is p. 147. That Regeneration or the new creature , as including Evangelical Obedience, is oppofed to works of the Law, in thebufinefs of man: uflifi"cation, ar well a: Faith is, 4s well s the grace- of God it Pelf ir. And this he thinketh to prove from Gal. 6: a<5. as Schlighttngitrs the Socinian did before him cont. Meyfner p. 148. But one thingis to be proved, to wit , that the Apoflle isfpeaking this, its order to juftification , and fo contradicting all the former difpuothe had ; which neither Reafon , nor Religion will al- low us to think , nor do the words , nor any Circumilance of the words,nor any thingof(che fcope, or of the three,d of the Apofles difcourfegive the lead countenance hereunto. His 4. ground p. 148. is alfo from Schlichtingius ubi fuera. That Evangeli- cal obedience as well ar faith , dT together with faith , is oppofed to the works of the Law , in reference to 3ufti fication dJ' Salvation. Gal, 5: 6. 'inf. He fuppofeth here , that Circumcifion is the fame with the works of the Law , while as thefe that were crying it up at that time, took it only for a privilege, which might be keeped together with Chriftianity ; and therefore th,: Apoflle told them verf. 3. which they did not take notice of , that by their taking on that badge of circurxicifion , they made t hernfelves debtors to do the wholeLaw (z) All that is required in reference to Salvation is not required in referen- ce ro Julification. (3) Faith working by Love denoteth the right & the livly Faith , whichonly is Judi fying & Saving , but Li ingeth not in all Evangelick Obedience under Love, as sharing with faith, in the fame prerogative of juflification , as was she wed above. His 5. ground p. 149. is. That Evangelical Obedience alone is oppofed to the worl4s of the Law, in reference to ¡uflifrcation. And this he confikmeth by I. Car, 7: 19. borrowing it from Schlighttngiur, the Socinian, where only two things are wanting, to make this palTage a confirmation of his Aifertion, one is, that by Circuri4fion here is meaned the keeping ofthe.,Law : and what shall then be underf1ood by Uncircumcifion ? The other is, that the.Aroflle is fpeaking this in reference to juftification , contrary to the whole context` His 6. ground ibid, is. Tat faith itfelf ir an aft of Evangelical obedience. Un- to which we need fay nothing here, having faid fo much above, to shew,that Faith in the matter of juftification is not confidered as an ad of Gofpel -obe- dience , but as an Infirutnent, laying hold on the Righteoufnefs of Chrift, the Cautioner. His 7. ground is p. 152. That by Gofpel obedience Chriflianr come to havea Right to Salvation Revel zz: 14.. This 4xía liberty ( as it is tranffated I .Cor. 8: 9. )-
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