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Deut,7.7;g.

Our

worlr and

R-tl

i'tbincke no

taujcs ofour

Iu

iéf1cat¡Oit.

Rom.

3.24..

Tit.3. 7.

I.5

2

That

our

vnworthintt/hould,,t

m4I

a

v.rdoubt

of

Gods lone,

cording

to

his

owne

p erpafe

ofgrace

which was

gi.

en

vs

through

Chris?

lefise

before

the

*odd

was.

So

Mof

s

telleth the

chil-

dren

of

If

ael,

that

the Lord had

called and made choice

of

them aboue

all

other

nations

to

bee

his

Church

and

people,

not

for any refpedt

of

themfelues,or

their

owne

worthineffe).

but

of

his

free

loue and

vndeferued mercie,

as

it

is

Dcut.7.,

7.8.

Pfa1.44.3-

FiftIy,as

the Lord hath

freely called vs,

fo

being

called

he

hath

freely

iuflified

vs:not for

any

inherent

righteoufheffe

in

our felues,but

of

his

owne grace

and

good will,through

the

righteoufneífe

and

obedience ofIefus Chrifl

which

he

im-

puteth unto

vs.

And

this

is

euidk't

Rom.3.24.where

it

is Paid,

that

we

are

iuflified

freely

6y

Godsgrace,through

the

redemption

which

it

in Chris?

Iefiu.

And Tit.3.7.w-here the

Apoffle

faith,

that

Pee

are iusi

fied

by

his

grace.

And

left wee

fthould

ioyne

with Gods

grace our own works and worthineffe, he telleth

vs

that

Abraham himfelfc,though

a

moil righteous

and

holy

man in

refpedl

of

his

finceritie

and

integritie

of

heart,

was

notwithflanding not

iuflified

by

his

workes, but

tArraham

beleeued

God,

and that

was

imputed

veto

him for

rigbteoufreffe,

R

om.4.3:&

verf.5_he

flatly excludeth works from

being

any

caufes

ofour

iuflification;

To

him

(faith

he)

tliat

worheth.not,

but

beleetseth

in him

that

iu/!iflet

h.:be

vrgodly,

his

faith

is

coup_

tedi

forrighteoufrt'ffe.

So

that

wee

are

freely iuflified

ofGods

grace and goodwill, without

any

refpe&l

ofour

owne

works

.

and

worthinefe,

as

being

any

caufes

of

our

'uglification,

al-

though

they

are

necefhärie

and

infeparable fruites thereof.

For

the

fame

death

and

bloudilierdd

of

Chrifl,whereby

we are

freed

from the

guiltand

punifhment offinne

and euerlafling

death, doth

free

vs

ado

from the death

of

fin

to

newneffe

of

life,and doth

not

onely

iuflifie but:alfo fanóti4e vs,

as

the A-

poll]

e

plainly

11

eweth,Tit.2.14,Who

gaue

himfelfe

for

f

vs

,t

ha:

he

might

redeeme

vs

from

all

iniquitie,(that

is, free

vs

from the

guilt

and punifhtnent offinne to which

we were

fubie6)and

pep

vs

to

bee

a

peculiar

people

vitto

himfel

fe,

z

?alozu

of

good

soorkes.

Six.tiy,

our

fin

&ifiication.

and

inherent'

righteoufheffe

it

elfe, lat

is,it_els

lzut

the.free

gift

ofGod,

begunsincrcafed,

and: