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rbat
we
are
not
itsftifted
by
oar
works
andmerit:.
Satan fuggefleth
to
impugne and make void our
affurance
that
wee
are
iuflified,
are
alreadie
anfwered,
namely thofe
which
concerne the
remiffon
of
our
fins,and
true faith in
Ie-
fus
Chrifl;
and partly becaufe
thole tentations
which Satan
fuggefleth into
the
minds
of
affii6led
Chriflians,are the
felfe
faine
which the
liras
ofSatan the
Antichrifl
ofRome
and all
his apofiaticall fynagogue do
hold
&
defend :and
therfore
I
(hall
not
need to intreate
hereofat
large,becaufe
thefe
points
in controuerfie
haue
been alreadie, and will be
hereafter fo
copioufly,
learnedly, and religioufly handled
by
others
of
greater abilities,and
farre
more excellent
gifts.
But let
vs
come
to
the
matter
in
hand. The tentations
of
Satan
concernig this
point
are
of
two forts
:
the
firfl
tend
to
perfwade
vs
to labour
after
and
to
ref}
vpon an imperfe&
and
maimed
righteoufneffe for
our
iuflification, whereby we can
neuer be
iuflified
in
Gods
fight,
and
fo
in
the
meane time
he
caufeth
vs
to
neglel
the
alfufficient
and
moll perfect
righte-
oufnes
of
Iefus
Chrifl,by which
alone we are
iuflified
before
God
and eternally faued
:the other
tend
to
make
vs
doubt
of
our true
iuflification,
that
fo
hee may
either
make this
gra..
tious worke
ofGod
fruflrate in
vs,or
elfe
at
leaf+
depriue
our
foules
of
that
true confolation
and peace ofcöfcience,
which
dependeth
vpon
the
affurance
of
our
iuflification.
§.Sell.2.
For the
firfl,he will
labour
to
perfwade
vs
that it
is
not
the
Hovv
Satan
righteoufneffe
of
Iefus
Chrifl,
imputed
vnto
vs
by
God and
temptab
vs
to
apprehended and applied
vnto
vs
by faith, whereby
wee
are
negleó
Chriffs
iuflified
in
Gods
fight, for
this
imputatiue
righteoufnefï'e
is
righteeufnef
e,
but
meerely
putatiue and imaginary, but by
that inherent
enotrov
righteoufnes
whichis
in
ourfelues:
forChria
(will hee
fa
en our
ovvne.
did not
fulfill
the
law
and
died,that
this
his
righteoufnes and
obedience
fhould
become
ours
by
imputation,but
hee
died
for
vs
to
the end he
might
merit
for
vs
ÿ
fpirit
ofGod,
which
fhould
infufe
into
vs an
inherent righteoufneffe, and
he
(bed
his
blood
to the
end
that
our
good
workes
being
dipped and
died
therein,mightbecome
perfeet and
fo
iuflifie
vs
in
Gods
fight;
and therefore
that
wee are
not
iufufied by faith alone,
but
by our
other
graces and vertues
alto,
and our
good
workes .proceeding from them
;
neither by faith
at
all as
'it
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