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That

we

are

not

iufiti

fled

dy

our work!:

andmerits.

577

The

perfons

who

are

thus

i.ttílified

are all

the

faithfull, and

they

onely

who doe

applie the

righteouf3ef

eof:IefusChrifl

vnto

thetnfelues

by

a

true and liuely

faith.And

thus the Apo

-

flle Both

limit

and reflraine it:

Rom.3.21.22.

where

he

faith,

that

the

righteoufnefje

of

God

is

made mani

fes`

mithout

the

law

ç

R,m.

;.2

2.

,orvìt,the

rig

hteosf«ff

of Gad

by

the

faith

of'era

Cbriki,vnto

s2,.and4,5.,

all

andvpon

all

that

beleewe.

And4,5.TO

him

that

vorketh

not

but

beleeueth in

him

that

iuFfs

faeth

the

vngodly,hzd

faith

is

cu

n

tsdfor

righteouflreffe.

And our

Sauiour

hath

promifed,

that

tvhofoeuer beleeueth

in

him

/hall

not come

into

iudeement,but

bath

peed

from death

to

life,Ioh.5.24

The

time

when

Wee

are

thus

iuflified

is

firft

in

this life,

as

Ioh 4.14

foone

as

truefaith

is

begot

in

vs

by the

minifterie

of

57

word,

whereby

wee particularly

apply

veto

our

felues

Chrift

Iefus

and

all his

benefits, refting and relying vpon him alone for

our

iullification and

faluation; the

which fhall

be fully

per-

felled

atthe

day

of

iudgement,

when

as

our Sauiour

Chrift

fhall pronounce

the

fentence

ofabfolution,

faying,

Come

yee

bleffed

of

my

Fat

her,take the inheritance

of

the

kingdom

prepared

foryert from

the

foundation

o

f

the

*odd.

M.at.2

5.34.

Mat.

.1

91......v__..........-...

_.............,..._...T,.

CH

A

P.

X

L

I

X.

That

11earenot

iuffifiedby

ourworles andmerits.

ri

Nd

fo

much

bri

efly

of

the

do&rive

of

Iuflifica-

,sear,

.

lion.

N.ow

wee

are

to

fpeake

ofand

to

anfwere

satans#evra-

fuch

temptations

as

are fugg,efled

by

our

fpiri-

lions concer-

:

tuaIl

enemie

to the

end

that

hee

may

erfwade

wingiußißca-

vs

that

wee

are

not

iuftified,

or

that

hee

may.

fartsefimo

moue

vs

to

feeke

for iuftification where

it

is

not

to bee

had,

and

fo

in the

meane

time negle&

it

where only it

is

to

be

.

found,and the

alone meanes

whereby

it

is

to bee

enioyed.In

fpeaking

whereofI

fhall

not

need:

to

handle

thingsfo.largely

as

thofe points which

went

before,

partly

becaufe our

iuflifi

cation

doth

infeparably

follow our

effe

&uall

calling,

and

therefore

he

that

is

affured.ofthe one needes

not

to

doubt

of,..

the.öther, partly becaufethe moll

of

thofe

tentations

which,

Saari

_

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