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Gojpel
Remy
sion.
tion
;
fo
faith
isnot
the righteoufnefs
it
felf, but unto
righteot.f:,
Obled.
nefs, that
is, by
faith
we
come
to
get righteoufnefs
But
why
(ayes.
the
4cripture
God
imputed
it
unto
righteoufnefs
?
I
take
tt
tnfiv.
thus, that
forafmuch
as
faith
is
fo
glorious
a
Principle
(
infufed
of God)
above
any
thing of our own,
God
is
pleafed
to account
of
it
as
f
it
were our own
,
and fo imputes it
unto
righteouf-
nefs
;
the
truth
is,
it
is
not our
own
;
no,
not
fo
our
own
as
other
graces are
our
own
:
tut
God
in
point
of
Juftification
is
pleafed
to
impute
it
as
our
own,
that
we
may
come
to have righ_
teoufnefs
by
it,as
if
it
were
our own
:
Now
this
is a
great
myf}e-
ry,
that
God
in
the
work
of
pardon
of
fin, fhould
do
it by
the
grace
of
faith,
and
that
this
excludes all
boafting;
and
yet
righte-
oufnefs
imputed
to
it
as
if
it
were our
own. Hence
by
the
way,
let
us
take heed
of
the
Opinion
of thofe that
fay,
faith it
felt
is
imputed
for
righteoufnefs,
and
that
God through Chrift
accepts
of
faith
as
the
matter
of
our rightecufnefs
:
The Papifts
fay we
are
juftified
by
works,
and
that
God
is
pleafed
through
Chrift
to
accept
not of Faith
only,
but
of
Humility, Fear,
Love,
Repentance,
Joy,
&c.
though
they
be
impeded,
yet
he
is
pleafed
to
accept
of
thefe
for
our righteoufnefs
;
fayes
the
other
opini-
on,
faith
is
our
righteoufnefs, though
God
might
require
exa&
obedience to the whole
Law,
yet
he
is
pleafed
to accept
of
faith
;
both
thefe
Opinions are
befides
the
truth,
and
therefore
there
is
the fame
danger
in
the
one
as
in
the
other,
and
therefore
both to
be
avoided.
Of
the eighth
Myfizerie,
God is
infinitely
3uft,andyet
infinite
-
&
e2lerciful.
8.
The
eighth particular
is
this, that
thews
pardon
of
fin
is
a
great myfterie,
becaufe where
ever
God
pardons
fin,
he
is infi-
nitely
jufl,
and
yet
infinitely
merciful
;
there
is
an
admirable re
-.
conciliation,between
Gods.
Juftice
and
Mercy,
which
(hews
it
to
be a
great
myfterie
:
There
are
three
great myfteries
in
Religion,
I.
The great
myfterie
of
the
Trinity,
that there
fhould
be
di-
vers
Perfons,
and
yet
but
one
God. The
fecond
is, that
in
the
Perfon
ofChrift
there
fhould
be
two
Natures,
and
yet
but one
Perfon.
And.
then.
the
third
is,
the,
reconciliation of
the mercy
and