5oa ' No countenance given to yuiification C H A p. 88 jufEifr4d , as to tlae beginning of ¡unification , king a dead faith , ( which wasall the faith they had) is no Condition of junification at all. And as to confummation of jutl:ificarion ( as he fpeaketh ) Abraham's faith was not Pet perfe(ed , neither could be before his death. He addeth finally. That ebedicnce perfeti~eth faith , as it it part of that necefJ'ary ,matter ( not necei 'cry at the fir fl. moment of beleeving, but nece(fary afteruaard , when he it called to it ) whereby heir to be lu fli flea azainfi the charge of nony perfarmance of the New Cave_ "»ants Condition , even againft the Accufatian of being an unbeleever or hypocrite. AnJ. If obedience perfeft faith thus , it is only as evidenceing & proving the man a true beleever , & no hypocrite , or one that bath only a meer profef- fion; which is the thing we fay ? if it belooked on asthe Condition of the Covenant , & fo as the ground of jullifying the man fro the charge ofnon- performance of that Condition , it ilandeth only for itfelf, & for its own part , &cannot not be Paid upon that account , to perfeó.3 faith ; as when both abftainingfrommurther, and from healing is called for ; the abftea- ning from Healing cannot be faid to perfect the other, though it ground a Mans juftification from the charge of ftealing. And therefor by this affertion, faithcan as well be fáid to perfeEt works , as works be Paid to per- fat faith. Mr_Bax:ergiveth this ground or Agreement betwixt Paul & Yamer; that Paul is about this quefiion , Whirr is the kighteou fuel's , which we mull pload againfl the Accufationof the Law? or by which we are yuflifiedas the properkigh- teoufnefr of that Law ? And Mir he well conclude!h is neither worl¿r, nor faith : Bat the lkighteou fue fr which it by faith, that it , Ch-rifì'r Righteou fnefr. AnJ Pattl {pea- keth to this quefiion, how {inners come to be ¡unified before God , & there- fore cleareth up the matter of juftification, in all its caufes; and not only sheweth what that Righteoufnefs is , which mu[t be pleaded againff the ac- eufatìon of the Law; but alto what way we come to be partakers of that Righteoufnefs in order tooürbeing juflifiedbefore God , tomit, by faith, Without the deeds of the Law. If faith be not that Righteoufnefs, wby did Mr. Baxter lay. that Rom. 4. where it is Paid , that faith it imputed unto krehteottftefr , faith is taken for our ate, & not for the object of faith , or Chrift's Righteoufnefs laid hold on by faith. But now , what quefiion hand - Ieth tees ? His quefiion is, faith he. What ir the Condition of our luflitcatian by this kighteorrfnefrcfChrifl, whether faith only, or tvorkf ifó ? Anf, Anddoth. not Paul alto (peak to this quefiion , when he faith. We are ;u1íid by . faith ? Will not Mr. Baxter grant that faith is the Condition of our jatli- S?cation by this Righteuufnefs ? If ¡abler then handle this quettion, there shall be noagreemenr betwixt him & Paul, but a manifeft contradiftion, for Paul faith that we are ¡unified by faith without the deeds of the Law , that is upon Condittnu of Faith -, as Mr. Baxter will grant, & gamer faith, that we are ja(liß °d not by faith only but by works , as the Condition : & here is a perfect contradi&iott , both (peaking ad idem & the one Paying we are juttified by faith without works , & the other faving by faith & works. What the true quefiion is, whereof lamer fpeaketh , wehave;hawn above ; & the- reby manifefed a cleave harmonic betwixt the Apotlles, & left no ground of fufpicion of any contradiction. He
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