696 ObieEions t4enfrom tOimoniesofScripture,anfirered. iniyuitie,heeJhallmen die for thefayne,cc. From which is in- ferred that he who is iuflified may fall away and die in his fones. I anfwere,firíl,thát he Ipeaketh not ofone truly iufli_ fiedby Chrifis imputed righteoufneffe, but offuck an one as hailing done fomeoutward works oflegall righteoufneffe, is therfore iva inhis owne conceit, or the opinion ofothers. And this appeareth,firfl,by the defcription ofthis righteouf_ neffe which he fpeaketh of,expreffed verf.5. vnto the which wherehe fetteth downe diuers outward duties oflegall iu- 'lice :fecondly,inthat he calleth it his owne righteoufüef e, verf.24.26. Whereas the righteoufheffewherebywe are iu- Rom.3.24. flied is the righteoufneffe ofGod, Rom.3.22. that is, of Chrifi Godand man. Thirdly, hee fpeakerh of fuch a iufl man as turning away frotr, his righteoufifeffe doth accor- ding to all the abominations that the wicked matt Both, which is not incident veto thofewho are truely iuflified and LI®hn 3.9. fan&Iified, for ryhafoemer i9 borne ofGodfinned') not. i .Ioh.3.9. that is,he cornmitzeth not finne with grcedines,delight, and fullcontent ofvvili,as the wickedmandoth who is not rege- nerate.Thisplace then is impertinentlyalleaged,becaufe it is to bee vnder flood ofthofe, not whichare truely iuf},but in their ownand others opinion,as our Sauiour alto meaneth, whereas.he faith,that he came not to call the righteous, but Ma0.9.t3. (inners torepentance : Matth.9.1 3 . Second:lie, thou;h thisplace were vnderflooddone truly iuft,yet it maketh nothing againfl.perfeuerance:forheedoth. not abfolutely fay that the iu[l man may fall away,but ifhee turne away, verf.24. Whichfpeechbeing conditional, doth notprooue that the iufl man may turne from his righteouf neffe,but onely ferueth as a threatning or profitable admo- nition,whereby Godvpholdeth them in their courfeofrigh- teoufneffe,and.prefcrueth them from defe&ion by furring them vpby this commination,and keeping them from retch- leffe fecuritie. Thirdlie, this fpeech being acomminationor threatning is,tobe vnderflood conditionally,ifhe goe on in hiswicked- neffe without repentance; but he that is truely iuft,thoughhe fad.. 11
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