C H AP. 34. Filth/Jim juffif. fpecial y eyetli Chrifi, as a Prieff. 41 as our Teacher, er Ruler or Juftifying judge , or juftifying Sacrifice ? Ike should remember what he Paid ( n. 107. ) when fpeakirg againft the Phra- fe juftifying faith, & faith jußifyingus, as being humane , & not Scriptu- ral at all. (3) Indeed beleeving in Chrift as Teacher & Ruler &c. in our fen - e, cannot inferre juttification by works: but he knoweth that it was for this end, to bring Works in with Faith , as equal Conditions , or parts of one Condition of Jutlification , that this new queftion was flared by him, in his tlphoriftnes : And whether.fuch doarinebeconfonant to Paul's or trot, we have seen in part above. He addeth (n. 112. ) That it is but the fame deluding fnbtilty, d1 vain ca- yioftty, playing with deceitful words , to fay , that we are ju fb fied by faith , qua- tenus recipit Chrift juttitiam, ant beleevethinChri/l's Sacrifice dr perfettobe- dience only; d3' not as it beleeveth in him , as Teacher dc Ruler, Sanctifier, judge. whentheScriptare faith no fa.cb, thing at all, but fttmply maketh faith in Chrift, (funding' faith in God the Father) to be that, by which we muft be jußified. tlnJ. We minde not to be flartled at his bold & angry expretiions, for we meet with themfö oft. Whether the Scripture warrandeth us to fay , what we have faid , or not , the Reader is at liberty to judge , from what is laid. And we have nothing here yet Paid by him , to prove , that we are jufti- fied by Faith in Chria , as Teacher , or Ruler which is it we are looking for here. More of this Stuffe we have'( n. 11 ;. ) This diflinflion ( faith hp) ás foun. ded on another falshood fippofed , which it that the effects of all Chsifl's faving works, are di /lintily to be afcribed to Receiving at-Ls of faith, as they are to the the feveral procuring acts of Chriß, the object of Faith , which is anether corrup- ting addition to God's word. Anf. Who it is that faith fo , as to all the leve- l-al areas I know not ; Nor do I fee any neceflity to fay fo ; as tofome, & in fpecial , as to Juitification, we but follow the Scripture , going before tis , as is shown. And we make no addition ; but he is the man , that is fin- gularly guilty of adding to God's word, in this pointe; far he /faith, that faith, in order ro juai. &cation, aaeth not Only in a fpecial manner on Chria, as Prieft ( which is the truth , we fay , andowne with the Scriptures) but al- fo on Chri[t , as a King, and as a Prophet , & as a judge; & yet giveth us us not one patlàge of Scripture to confirme this, but thinks we mutt be fa- tisfied with his aff ertions fubrile di(tinctions, vaine & curious exprefïions, a anfwering his own Philofophical Notions , with which he feemeth tobe, much taken, and we very little. What followeth there, I have nothing to ; r; do with. +. He bath a large difcourfe of various RZeccivings (te. i r4. I 15.) to what K, purpofe as to the bufinefs we are now upon, 1 do not well fee: yet lesoa fee, how he endeth ir, God's Covenant (faith he ) doth give as ChriJl dg' that is, tußaficatiin, Saniftficatíon, ¿r Glorification, in title or right, inoi9. >_ gift, to be accepted by one entire faith , as the ,Condition ; not making at all, the 1? arder ofthe gifts is. faiths re fpett to them in that order , to be any If she Ratio Pro prietatis Anf. (i) Will he not diflinguish betwixt having of thefe bent- i. in Title or Rizht, ßs having them in poífeflton ? He mufti, fare, 'or he E e e mutt 3 ,y,
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