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That
faith
alone
iuflifacth.
S8
I
teemed
in
lefiu Chrift,
that
?cee
might
be
iuftified
by
the
faith of
Chris,
and
not
by
them;rkst of the
law,
becar4
fie
by
the
worker
of
the
la*,
no
_Ph
!hall
be iuFfified.
And
chap.3.I
i.
end
that
Gal.3.
t1.
no man
is
iuilifed
by
the
lacy
in the
fight
of
God,
it
is
euident
:
for
the
iHfl
fhall lice
by
faith.
I
a.
e/lud
the
latin
is not
of faith.
And
hence
it
is
that
the righteoufneffe
of Chria,
whereby
wee
are iuflified,
is
called
the
righteotepes
of faitb,
Rom.9.
Rotn.9,30.
verf.30. becaufe faith
is
the
onely
inftrument,
which
appre-
hendeth
and applieth this righteoufneffe vnto
vs.,for
our iu-
ftification.
The
reafons
to
proue
that
faith
alone iuflifieth
are
diners.
Sea.
Firl},
that
which alone applieth
vnto
vs Chrif+
lefus
and
his
neufrir
to
righteoufiieífe,that
onely iuflifieth
vs
:
but
faith
alone appli-
that faith
eth
vnto
vs
Chrif} Iefus
and
his
righteoufneffe,and
not
hope,
alerte
i/ill:
îetb_.
charitie, or
any
other
grace
:
and therefore faith alone iufli-
fieth.
Secondly,
that
which onely maketh the
promifes
of
the
Gofpell
firme
and
lure
vnto
vs,
that
alone iuflifieth
vs
;
but
faith alone
ref}ing
vpon
Gods
inertie
and Chrifls
merits,ma-
keth
the
promifes
of
the
Gofpell
firme
and
lure
vnto
vs
(which
would bee
mol}
vncertaine
ifthey
fhould depend on
the
condition
ofour
workes and worthinef
e
feeing
they
are
mol} irnperfe
&,and wee
mol+
corrupt and vnworthie
of
Gods
leaf+
mercie
;
as
the
Apoílle plainly
fheweth, Rom.4.
16.
Therefore
it
is
(namely
the couenant
of
grace)
by
faith,
Rom,
4.16.
that
it
might
come
by
grace,and
the
promife
might
be
jure
to
all
the
feed
:) and
therefore faith
alone iuflifieth
vs.
Laflly,our Sauiour
Chrifl,Ioh.3.14.I
S.maketh this
corn-
Iob.
;.14.15:
parifon
:
eAs
tAvtofes
!:
ft
vp the Serpent
in
the
\rildernefJe,
fo
mu
1 the
Sonne
of
man
be
lift
vp,that
nhoroeuer belseueth in
bino
Amid
not
perifh,but
houe
eternall life.
From
which
wee may
thus reafon
:
As
the Ifraelites
who
were
flung with
fierie
fcr-
ponts, were cured
not
by
any
outward
mneanes
of
phyficke
and
furgerie,
or
any thing
in
themfelues,
faue
onely by
loo-
king
vpon the
braferì
Serpent
,
which
for this purpcfe
was
fet
vp
by
Gods
commandement
fo wee
being
flung
of
the
old
Serpent
with
the
fling
of
fiinne,
cannot
bec cured
by
any
=canes without
or
within our
feues, but
by
bcholdi(,g
the
Pg
3
true