474 What warks.4ve excluded in yuffi fication. C H A p, s, expea to be juflified by their works , even by their bell works. So when he faith Pfa/. 32 :z, 2. BleJJed is hewhofetranfgref)ïonis forgiven, whofe fin it cove- red &c. he renunceth all juflification by the beff of his works; for Paul Rom, 4: 6, 7. giveth the meaning hereof robe, that David defcribeth the blef èdnefi of the man , unto whom God imputeth Righteoufnefs without wor(s. (2) Paul alto renunceth his Righteoufnefs in this matter, & that feveral times ? for he faith I. Cor. 4:4. for I know nothing by my felf, yet am I not hereby juflified. And he fpeaketh of himfe;f, while in the State of Regeneration. So Gal. 2 :16. .lnotvtng that a man is not juflified by the works of the Law , but by the Faith of tefu Chrrf# , even we have beleeved in,refus Chrif}, that we might be juflified by the Faith of ChriJI , (15' not by the worlds of the Law. And Phil. 3: 9. he defied to be found to Cbrif i , not having hir own R .ighteou fnefr , which it of the Law. No man can think , that by hit own Righteoufnefs here he tneaneth only works,do- ne before he wasregenerat.e. 4. The in(lances , whereby Paul proveth Juflification by Faith , without the works of the Law , confirmeth this, that works after regeneration are .excluded as well as works before: for ( z) Abraham was a regenerat man when his faith was faid CO be imputed to him Rom, 4: I, 2, 3. compared with Gen. I 5. for before this-time Gen. x2: I. he obeyed the cali of God _by.faith. Heb. I I: S. See alfo ,Rom. 4: 9, 10, II. (2) David ( another inflance of Juflifica- tion by Faith ) was allo regenerat when he was juflified , as Paul cleareth Rom. 4:6,7.. by the imputation of a Righteoufnefs , without the works of the Law. 5. The Apoflle excludeth Gmply the works of the Law, from being the Righteoufnefs of any , in point ofjuftification : And we have no warrant to except or diflinguish, where the Law excepteth not, nor diftinguisheth. The works of Regenerat perlons are works, & works of the Law, as well, as any other.: And Paul doth abfolutely & limply exclude works & the works of the Law, from being the ground of juilification. 6. By what reafon can it be evinced., that the Lam , or the works of the Lawfignifie works before Regeneration, or works done before faith, more than other works ? D3 thefe words carry this fenfe , where ever they are tiled ? Or can it be "dernonflrated, that they carry this exprefs fenfe any where ? 7. Are only regenerat perlons laid to be under the Law? Now the Apoflle fpeaketh of all the works of thole , who are under the Law , that every mouth may be (fopped & all the world become guilty before God. Rom. 3: 19. S. The Righteoufnefs of God, which is by Faith of JefusChriff, isas much without the Law 'or the works of the Law , done by Regenerat per - -fons, as without the Works of the Law, done before Regeneration : And juitification by thefe works after Regeneration, is as much incontinent with juflification by faith without the works of the Law, as juflification by the works of the Law, done before regeneration ; as is manifeff , from the true fenfe of juflification by faith. 9. Paul exdudeth all works of the Law from juffïfication , th t giveth any ground of boaftin.g : and of glorying, as we ice Rom. But
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