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rremptationf
oppugning
our
fa
bßcation,4tnfrwered
591
defiring
thereby to be
iuflified;for,as
I
haue
aimed
;our
bell
righteoufneffe
is
imperfect, and
mingled with manifold
rórruptions,fo
as
it would
rather
condemn
-.e
vs, thew
iuftifie
vs,if
the Lord fbouid
examine
it according to
the
exa& rule
ofhis
moll perfe& iullice
:
but
wee
offer
unto
God
for our
iuílification,
the
nmofl
perfel
righteoufiicffe and
full
fatif
fadtion
ofIefus Chrifl,
which by
his
merits and
filfferings
he
bath
once
made for
vs
defiring thereby wholly
and oncly
to
be
iuflified and faued.
Sell
As
for
our workes and inherent righteoufneffe,
they
arc
4
.3-
not
caufes
but
effedts
and fruites
of
our
iuftificatiion
;
neither
7
bat
ca
"bar¢;
is
it
poilible
that
we fhould doe
any
good
worke
acceptable
but
effrfls
in Gods
fght,till
we
are
iuflified, and reconciled
vnto
God
our
u*ß,fce.
in
Iefus
Chrifl;
for
our workes cannot
pleafk
him, till our
tion.
perlons
pleafe
him,
and
whatfocuer
wee
doe,
before faith
hath
purified
the heart, it
is
finne
and odious
in
the fight
of=
God:butas
Toone as
we
haue faith
begotten
in vs, preientlie-
it
apprehendeth
Chriíl
and
his
righteoufnes,wherebywe
are
iuflified, and
then being
iuflified,faith
worketh
by
louc,andi_
bringeth foorth
in
vs
.the
fruites
of
fanélification
;
which
though
they bee,mingled with
much corruption, and
tna
-:
i
ifoldimperfeclions,:.yct
God
in
Chrill
acceptcth
of
theta;
asperfec`t,
and" `will
crowhe
them:
widitglorie,
and
immor.
-a
talitie.
Neither.doth
the&
Lord
now
require
of
vs;
that
wee per
ûv
not
fed
lie..at
once fhake offall our
corruptions,
but that
we
la-
bour
rtgxirE
of
s
s
asmuch
as in
vs
lieth,
toa
morrifie
and
,_
ac-
fct
rights,
cording
to
the
m.eafure
of
his-grace, and
holy
fpirit, which
cuff
efl
.
hce hath bellowed
on
vs;
hee
cloth
not
flraitlie command
that
we fhbuld
inflantly
banifh
and, expell finne
from
dwel-
ling
in
vs,but
that
wee
doe
not
fuller
it to
raigne
in
vs,
nor
willingly
obey-the flefh in
the
-htfls
:thereof,
fubmitting
our
fcluesvntofinne,
as
feruants
and
vaffals
to
their Lord
and
mafler;
he
cloth
not
inioyne,vs
that
we fhótild
whollie van-
quifh our
corruptions,and obtaine
a.full
vietorie over
them,
but/that
we ttroclaime
.open
warre againfl
them,
and
man-
fully
fight
and flriue
under
the
condu6t
ofhis
fpirit,
againfl
the,lefit;and
the
fi
nfull
Tufts
thereof;.
and when wee
are
tam
kéa
+..