No Peacewith Rome. A fraud; To whom I mufl: Jing the fame note, that Am6roft did ofo!d, to the drTia!P: Yee may blot out theLetters,but the Fai.tbyoucan never abolifh: Thofe blurres be· wray you more : ThoCc blots condemnyou more than the wricing. But fame perhap;may rhink this a meere ftrife ofwords, and not hard to bee reconciled : For, that which rothe Papifl:s is inherentJufrice, is no other to rhe Proteftants than fanCliflcation; both fides hold this equally neceffary, both call for it e- ~ally: Tr 'doe b t e uire itin the fame m•nner?doeboth to the fame end? Irll'tnk 1 ;yea, w can be mo contrary t~n thefe opinions to each other?The papifl:smake this inherent righreou es the-e.thfeofbur jufl:ification;tbe Protefl:ants, the effetl: thereof: TheProtefl:notsrequire itas thecompanion or Page,the Papiltsas theU<her, yea, wheras the PJrent of ju{\ification. But what matters it (fly they) fo B both afcribe this wholeworke to God? As though ic comes not all eo one, to paya fum for me, and ro give it me ropay for my Celfe. I know not how thefe things feeme Co littlediffonant to thefe menseares , which theSpirit ofGod h>thmade urrerly incompatible: Tohim that worketh, the wa~esisnotimputedof grace, but ofdebt; Ifbygrace, nownot ofworks, or e!fe grace fhould be no more grace; forneitheris ir r.raceany way,ifit be notfreeevery way, faith AMgllfline: But thefemen fay, Therefore ofgrace, becaufeofworks. Nor ofworks, Jefl: any man fhould bo•fr (faith the Spirit:) But ofworks, and yet amln !hall boafl: in theLord, faith 8eUormine. And wherefore !hall heboafl: ? becaufehe is jnfl:, becaufe void ofJinne; perhaps COme 1fi•doremay fay rhusof bimfelfe, which voluntarily protefl:ed that for forry yeeres Cpace he found nor in himlelfe any Jinne, not fo much as in his thought, not fo much asany confenttoangeror inordinate deJire: Or perhaps fomeBaro11i111 or BeUarmi»e C may reportthis oftheir !areSaint, G•~~Zag~ ; or the offal! oftheSchooles may fay fo ofBo!IIIVetJIMre; in whom, (ifwe beleeve them) Adam finned not, or MAtJichew may fay itofhis elect Mafl:ers; or perhaps Prifcilia?J, Evagrilu, ]ovinian, rhe Meffaliaos, may brag thus ofrhem!elves : Bur far otherwiCc is that fpeech of Am6roft, I will not boafl:becaufel am jufl:, buc becaufo I am redeemed : I will boafr , not becaufei am voydoffinne, but becaufe my finnes are forgiven me : Otherwife, wee !hall come to that point which llmocenti~n condemned in the Pef4gians, Whatneed havewe now ofGod l But rhoufayefl: G0 D bath given me thiswhereby I am jufl:: Indeed this feemesat the firfl: agreat and glorious praife ofthe grace ofGod: and at the firfl: hearing founds well to an ignorant eare ;and yet (when it isbetter confidered) under a pretence ofpiety, fpoylesChrifl: ofhis glory: Why dofl: thounoroswel! fay,Hehath 0 given mewherewith I mayredeememy felfe ? for by the fame wherewithweare jufl:yfied, we are redeemed (Beillg}t~Jiifed by bi4 6/ooti) Behold the blood ofhimthatis God and man, jufl:ifies us, and theC.me redeems us: But goeon a little: Godharhgiven thee this: But bath he given it theewithout thy felfe? Is this done without the intervention, without theoperation ofour Free-will? Let theMouksof BMrdea11x fpeake, in their abjurations: let A11dr4diln, !er Be/larmiiJt ( the flowre ofthe Popifh Schoole)let any Papifl: deny this ifhedare : It is only Chrifl:s therefore which is imputed: that which is inherent is ours ; for all ( C.ith At~fle11 ) which are juflified by Chrifr, are lufl:not in themfelves, but inhim: That which isChrifl:s, becaufeiris his ismofl:perfetl:: thatwhichisours, becaufeours, isweakeandimperfell". Godhath made usmen,notG0 D S: Our perfecrion isfeafonable in Heaven: Jufl:ly dathHiero.?J deride Ctefrpho"; wee the Papifl:s: 0 b!effed, 0 happymen, ifthat Jufl:icewhich isnotthought to be any where but inHeaven, maybe found wirhyou onlyupon E e•rrh : la themeane time, it is fuflicient fur usromourne for ourwants, tohate in . jufl:ice: ltistheveryfpeechofDMatiftr, I have nothing for thee topardon. Let 8mur4oow ( to conclude) Omt up thisStage : Notto Jinne (faith bee) isGod's jufiice; butthe jnfliceofman isthePardonofGod. Tobe impured therfi>re, and ro I bee inherent, differ no leffe than God andman, Trent and Heaven: Wherfore let our 1 1 1:\.omanifl:sconfefferhat, whichbothScriptures and Fathers, and all theirmodefl:er Docrors have both thought and reported to be the common voice of the former Church in all times; andwee are agreed : Otherwife, what fellowfhip bathGodwith Belial, light with darkneffe ? Gg g SECT. 615 De pmintt.c.zo &inPJ.ll-J t . lnAnttcb!Tf. In li.om.t7.hm,& in' tCqt.lmm.u, 1JrJt.l,C{JillY4 Arrian. Dtolfic.J.tc,1.o DtJ.uW& llit.:z.bt.Jt.1, 'rom.8. Chryf.hom.dt vo·biJ P .utfi. Nult}d!t~m{td ~!oriamurin. 4Jf.T,m3. pag·945· luep.adTit.c.z. HitrJnfpifl.«ti Kqm.c.to.Fidufo!a j~t/bfi· C.Jt,dt/utllr.lld Gai.l•• Liur.1J 'Jilidtm abo!trt. p~:tflis>&c. Amb. d~Sp.S. t;c.Jl. Ex.un·Pacif. li.()/11.4·+ Aug-dtcurrtpl· &cr4r. £ph<f,.8. Socrl. .q..c.t8. 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