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ObieEions
t4en
from
tOimonies
of
Scripture,anfirered.
iniyuitie,heeJhallmen
die
for
the
fayne,cc.
From
which
is
in-
ferred
that
he
who
is
iuflified may
fall
away
and
die in his
f
ones.
I
anfwere,firíl,thát
he
Ipeaketh
not ofone
truly
iufli_
fied
by Chrifis imputed righteoufneffe,
but
of
fuck
an one
as
hailing done
fome
outward
works
oflegall
righteoufneffe,
is
therfore
iva
in
his
owne conceit, or
the opinion
ofothers.
And this appeareth,firfl,by the defcription
ofthis
righteouf_
neffe
which
he
fpeaketh of,expreffed verf.5. vnto the which
where
he
fetteth downe
diuers
outward
duties oflegall
iu-
'lice
:fecondly,in
that
he
calleth
it
his
owne righteoufüef
e,
verf.24.26. Whereas the
righteoufheffe
whereby
we
are
iu-
Rom.3.24.
flied
is
the righteoufneffe
of
God,
Rom.3.22.
that
is,
of
Chrifi
God
and man.
Thirdly,
hee fpeakerh
of
fuch
a
iufl
man
as
turning
away
frotr, his righteoufifeffe
doth
accor-
ding
to
all
the abominations that the
wicked
matt
Both,
which
is
not incident veto
thofe
who
are
truely
iuflified
and
LI®hn
3.9.
fan
&Iified,
for
ryhafoemer
i9
borne
of
Godfinned')
not.
i .Ioh.3.9.
that
is,he cornmitzeth
not
finne
with grcedines,delight, and
full
content
of
vvili,as
the wicked
man
doth
who
is
not rege-
nerate.This
place
then
is
impertinently
alleaged,becaufe
it
is
to bee vnder
flood
of
thofe,
not
which
are
truely
iuf},but
in
their own
and
others opinion,as our
Sauiour alto
meaneth,
whereas.he
faith,that
he came
not to
call
the righteous,
but
Ma0.9.t3.
(inners
to
repentance
:
Matth.9.1
3
.
Second:lie,
thou
;h
this
place
were
vnderflood
done
truly
iuft,yet it maketh
nothing
a
gainfl.perfeuerance:forhee
doth.
not
abfolutely
fay
that
the iu[l man may
fall
away,but
if
hee
turne away, verf.24.
Which
fpeech
being conditional,
doth
not
prooue
that
the
iufl
man
may
turne from
his
righteouf
neffe,but onely ferueth
as
a
threatning
or profitable
admo-
nition,whereby
God
vpholdeth them
in
their
courfe
ofrigh-
teoufneffe,and.prefcrueth them
from defe&ion
by
furring
them
vp
by
this
commination,and keeping them
from
retch
-
leffe
fecuritie.
Thirdlie,
this
fpeech
being
a
commination
or
threatning
is,to
be vnderflood
conditionally,ifhe
goe on
in his
wicked-
neffe
without
repentance;
but
he
that
is
truely
iuft,though
he
fad..
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