"So tyhat works are excluded in yujlificatiou, C H A p, 5, I. When Paul denieth juftification to be by the Law, or by the works thereof; he muff mean fuch works , as are enjoined & commanded by the Law: But the Law commandeth other works than thofe outward works , for it condemneth all works, that flow not from a principle of grace : be- caufe the Liw is holy & fpiritual, e the firft & chiefe command thereof is, that we, Love the Lord our God-, with all our heart; with all our foul with all our ltrength &c. R. m. 7: 12, 14. Mat. 22: 37, Marl;. i2: 3o. Luk. lo: 27. Deut. 13: 3. & 3o: 6. If then Paul exclude only fuch works, as flow not from a principle of grace, he shall not exclude the works of the Law, but works prohibited by the Law ; .& his meaning should be we are not juftifiedby works , which the ,Law commandeth not , but we are juüified by works, which the Law commandeth : which is contradi &ory to the who- le (cope & defigrie of the Apottle, 2. The A pottle doth manifestly exclude the works of Abraham Rpm, 4 :1,2, Bur the works of Abraham were other than fuch fervile works or such our - ward works , performed from no principle of grace or Love to God; The- refore fuch cannot be here underftood. 3. Outward works , done without any principle of grace , could with no face or shew ofa pretence, lay a ground, or be any occafion of boating or of glorying, becaufe they were no other, but manifeft fins , being prohibi- ted & condemned by the Law, & not commanded or approven : But the Apostle excludeth such works, as could do this. Therefore he excludeth good works , which were done in conformitie to the Law , & not fuch out - ward lifelefs works only as were meer fervile works, & no better. 4. Such lifelefs, fervile , & outward works could give no shew of a ground of making the reward of debt : But.Paulexcludeth fuch works as would ma- ke the reward of debt. Rom.4: 4. 5. If Paul had meaned here only fuch outward , servile works , which are not conforme to the Law ; what occasion had there been , for Paul's pro - pofeing of that objet -lion. Rom. 3: 31. Do we then makevo:d the Law through Faith? for to lay alide thefe works , which are not conforme to the Law, giveth no probable ground of fuppofal , that thereby the Law is nia- de void. 6. Israel could not have been faid to have followed after the Law of Righ- teoufnefs, by doing of works meetly ourward & lifelefs : And yet this is Paid of them , ,& it is alto laid , that by all their following of the Law ofRighte- oufnefsthey could not be juftified. Ron. 9:31, 32. 7. Meer performance ofoutward fervile works , cannot be called a Righ- teoufnefs : But the jewes went about to establish their cwn Righteoufnefs, & therefore miffed juftification.Rom. lo: 4. 8. There was never any life had by thefe outward & fervile works alone; But by the works, which Paulexcludeth, there was life to be had, if they had been perfect. The man, which doth thofe thing, shall live by them. Rom.j2: 13. & lo: C. Levit. 18: ç. Gal. 3: 12. 9. Thefe outward fervile works are not good works; but even good works arehere excluded. Ephef. z :9, Z®. 10. P4tti
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