494. 3.ames z: tq. &c. Cleared and Vindic1ateel. C H A P. '7" which Paid, Abraham belceved God , & it was imputed unto him for Ri h teoufnefs, becaufe Pall doth hence inferre Roar. 4. that jullification is -by faith without works : And what is a ground for jollification by faith with - oat works , cannot alfo be a gròund for jollification by works& not by faith only; And thus the Apoilles are made in plaine termes to contrsdi& otha-r by inferring contrary orcontradiflory conclufions from the fame prernifes: which ought not to be thought ,let be laid. But it will be laid, that Paul fpeakerh of the beginning of juffification, which is by faith without works; bar tames ipeaketb of 'unification as continued , which is by works and not by faith only. This cannot tatisfie : for betide what is laid, it mull ñrfl be granted hereby , that this faith , which garner mentioneth , when he faith 5 not by faith only , -mull be the fame faith , that; Paul faith, we are jultified by, without the deeds of-the Law t: but this, cannot be, for the faith, that gamerfpeaketh ofis , as we faw above, a dead , ufelefs, fruitjefs carcafs & do faving Faith , as that is , whereof t ?aul fpeaketh , and whereby we are juffifie.i, But now taking 'jollification Brits manifeuation & declara- tion , the words of t- antes are moti clear , & carry no appearance of contra_ did}ion,untowhat Paul caught ;For his meaning is, ye fee then, how that by works , a man evidenced-) , proveth & declareth his ;Jollification , or maket h it manif ft that he is a jultified perron ; & not by that faith only, which is but a naked fruitlefs , & dead profetiion. (r i) The fame may be kid of the other [nuance of R..ahab verf.. 25. She was jullìfìed by works, when site had received the meffengers ; not that she was brought into a jultified flare by that ad ; for she received the Spies by faith Heb. in 3 t . & declared her faith unto them t of. 2: to, t1. And fo was a beleever &confequently jultified , before she received the Spies , or they came to her. Yet by this died, accompanied with fo much hazard , untoherfelf& all her familiq, she proved & evidenced her faith & jufl'fication. (i2) The Conclufion of his difr.ourfe ter]. 26. fir ar the body without thr Spirit it dead fo .faith :vithotit tvJrks is lead alfoo, declareth manifealy, what he wouli beat , to wit, tòshew, that works can only demonfirate trew faith & confequently prove juf}ifica- 'ion; f;ra naked profe(iïon of faith , that wantsth works , is dead , and 1; ea body wanting breath & foul, which is but a dead carcafs. This cannot be faid of that faith , whereby Paul t.rith and proverb , that we are jultified, for it is true & lively , flowiny,frotn the Spirit of If: , although it be not as y er proved by outward works of obedience, whereof t here maybe , as yet , no opportunity orcall. What is brought againa this ferife, of the word jaflifie jutification, which we have now calif-it med , by the Aocinian Author of the. book, tnrituled Co fenfur Paul, i3' acobi &c. pag. 2. &c.. and by the kt nonf?1 arty in their A- folugte Cap. Io. is of no great weight. V'hen they lay. That the p ropcfition fet coign verf. 14. it f,rbordtnat to- what it ¡aid vcrf. 12. :there the judgment of Godir fpokenof, d? therefore laving jujlification raufi be here tinderflcod. Anf: We grant, that lt is faving jaft:fication, but yet it is jollification that isdi- ftinsrt from Final Salvation. We grant, that;james i eaketh here offaving jollification; Yet he handl th not that c;ueflion, how : by what Caufes this
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