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58z

Thatfaith

alone

ittf

ifieth.

true

fiib(laneeChrií}

Iefus,

fignifiedbythis

ihadoW,with the

eye

offaith.

And thus

haue

Iprooued,

firfi

that

we

are

not

iuflified

by

our workes,

and

inherent

righteoufneffe

;

and

fecondly,

that

loveare

iuflified by

faith alone

:

not

as

it

is

the chiefc and

prin-

cipall

caufe;

for in this

refpea

God

iuflifieth

;

not

as

it

is the

matterortneritorious

caufe

of

our iullification, for

in

this

refpe,

the merits and righteoufneffe

of

Iefus Chrif} iuflifi-

eth

vs;

but

as

it

is

the

alone inflrument

and,

onely

caufe

in

vs

which

applierh

that

meritorious

caufe

vnno

vs,

whereby

alone

we are iuflified

in

Gods

fight.

§:Serî.4.

Secondly,

the

tempter:

will obie6t,

that

this imputed

rim

Thar

the

imp-

teoufieffe

vvee

fpeake of,

is

but

imaginarie,and

a

vaine

phan-

tationof

tafie

;

as

ifaman

who

were

defiled

with

dart

fhould-

bee re-

ór

(h

rzghte-

puted.cleane by

the imputation ofanothers.

cleannefl'e,

or

as

yutattKe

and

if

a

begger

fhould bee

efleemed

rich, by imputation

of

ano-

un,4inarie,

thers

wealth.

To which

we

are

to anfwere,that

the

imputa-

.

Lion;

of.Chrifls

righteoufneffe

.vnto vs,

is

ño amaginarie

dreamer

but

a

matter

plainely

'cxpreffed

in

Goes word,as

alto

-the

not imputation

of

our

_finites

istherein

fuecifaed.

In

the

fourth

of

the

Romanes, this

w;,rd_.is

vied by

the holy

Rom,4.

;4.

Ghofl

an

eleuen times.

So

verf.3.

t.4

raha.

bel eued God

and

it

was

inynted

vnto_htin

for

rig

;meoufnejfc..

And

oerf:4.

T®

him

that

W

orketh,not,biit

belee,ieth in

bin

that

irs,tif

eth

the

vn*

godly, his

faith

is inv.

for

riQhteoufnef c.

And

verf.6.

Enos

,rs

Dot:

:id

e

arc

d the

blc

dnefe

of

the

ma

::

vnto

Vbhom

God

im-

puteth

riy

htccu

rieg

vitho.:t_wor

es..And

.verf.8.

sits

ed

is

the

man

to

ivbom

the

Lord i

1

l)stcth

not

fnae,

c9-'

C.

4

i .5.

Yea,

will

the tempter

fav,

it

is

true

that

we

are

iunified

by

Trot

era

imputed

righteouf

hcffe

;

but

not by

the

righteoufneffe

of

wn:Gia

chrifts

ChrilÑ,.which

is out

of

our

felues

;

but

our faith,which

isfor-

bw

;r,t;i,pr,Te

med

and

perfeaed

with

charitie,. and

other

graces, and

good

z.

impta

zu-

Ivorkcs,

is

imputed

for

righteoufineffe-

:

or

more plainely,

vsnr

oaf

Cod

accc

tech

of

the workcs

of the

faithful!,

and their

in-

aatC+31t04.~

hc.rent

rig1 teoufi:effe5

thoughv

irperfecrì::and

vnworthie

in

tlsetnfelues,

for, and

through Chrifl,

for fuchrighteoufneffe

«hick

may iuflifie

vs

it:

his

fight. For

the

anf

cring.of

which cbieú1ion

we

are

to

know, that

ti

is v;

oral.

imputing,