The Soule' eff ,callcalling toChrifi> 3 3 7 ritual power of faith, if the Lord Jefus Chrifl had beene revealed, hoe was able to hcleeve in him, and to toraft uponhim, asmendoe now in the time of the Gofpell; this is the controverfie which we flatlydeny. Secondly, the reafons to confirme this point that Adamhadnot this grace offaith : The rea- fon is this, this beleevingin theLord Jefus Chrif is that which doth direóly croffe the eflate of Adam in his innocency; and the innocency of Adamwherein hewascreated, and therefore can- not byno means agree to him,and that appeares thus : for aman to have a principle of life inhim - felfe whichAdamhad, and to fetch a principleof life from another, whichwee doe by faith, thefe are contrary the one to theother, hee lives well, and to bee laved by living well, and to bee faved by another, and to livewell by the power ofano- ther, thefeare contraries one maleother,tohave all in himfelfe as Adam had, and tohave all from another, and not in hirnfelfe; thefe are contrû- dietions the one to theother, and therefore can- notfland together, and therefore obferve it, the manner andphrateof Scripture is' this, and iris very flrange,Phil. 3.9. That I may bee found in him, not having mine owne r;ghteoufnef'e, as if lae fl ould fay, Adam in his eflate of innocency was in h mfelfe, and hadhis owne righteoufneffe, he had a power to pleafe God, and to fave him- felfe by it : but now in the time of the Lord Chrifl, thecafe is cleare, wee are not, norcannot be found in our ownerighteoufnefï'e, or in the Vy 3 worker 2.
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