332 An Expojition, with Notes dead vain faith, fuch as con!il-teth in a meer affent, or empty fp~culation, which is fo far from jufl:ifying, that 'cis not properly fatth'. · The main work in the difcuilion of this Verfe is to reconcile Jttmes with P11td; the conciufions feem directly oppofite: See ·Rom.3. 28. Ga/.2.16. Paulalfo bringeth the infianceof Abraham .againfl:: Juil:ific~.tion by Works ·: Much ·ado there hath- been to re– conc:lle .this feemin~ditfere:nce. · Some upon this ground deny the a contcnii(jnis Authority of- the Epd1lc; fo Luther, and many of the Lutherans at Jludium qHud firfi .: a (amerarhu fpeaketh b~ldly and rafhly, as if heat of con– dJsm ad impo;- rentton had obtruded t_he Apo£he upon rhe contrary extream and t~nu ufie~tato· Error; but this is to cut the knot, not to untye it : The ApofHes, n~~ do,an~x ·atled by the fame Spirit ofT ruth, could not deliver contrary Afferfi;,a ; ongzttS . .· bujiJ4 E.pijtDlx tlons; and though men ufually out of che extrearn hatred of one er.. llutbvrem qtM: ror embrace another,yet it cannot be imagined; without blafphemy) tx11iffe vidni bf chofe who were guided by an infallible affifrance: They fhew pojfltJ ?ttt!tJbhoc mofe reverence eo the S€:riptures, who feekto reconcile both places, m ccrtammt m h d h A h · f '- • · ' d d fc 17 ;per ftmcon· t rn to. eny t e . ut omy o one•. m:my wty~ are prop~un c , .I fu evit. Came· lhall b~1efly exam,me them, that With good advice and evtd~nce we rar. in banc may pitch upon thebefl:. Epifl:. I. The Papifr~ fay,That b Paulfpeaketh of che ~rft Juftification, btPad~tlm lfJ.. by which aman of:unjufl: is made jufl:; and that by Worfz!, he un9'1' Ur ,e pnma d fl d h k d . . d . b h Juflificatione,tt . en.Lan et wor s. one Without faith an grace, y t e foie P?Wer 1/0I'I•ine tljJC'fttm and force offree-wtll : But ramcs fpeakech of thefecon,d Iuftifica– intelligit operation, whereby of jufl: he is made more ju£1:; and by !York!, he un– q~x J!unc ft.ne derfrandeth fuch as. are performed in faith, . and by the help of divine . ~dte ~ gblatl 1 a 1·' grace. . To this I anfwer, .J. That i~ contoundeth JuJlif:cation with JO I& 'Vtrl ItS • • • • • • - J' , beri arbitrii; S~tnEiificatzon. ' 2. That che dtfrmCltooJs falfe,aod hath no ground Jacobm tmtem inScripture. We can merit nothing afcer we are ina good dhte, ~ef~c1md~ and are faved by grace all.ourlives,: Rom.• I.r7. The righteoufnefs Jufltfietmone~ ofGod is revealedfrom fai.th to faith, for the juft foalllive by faith. t':.' 1 . 8 ;;~;~~ I~ ehe.righteou r ~~fs,~hereby a finner ~s j~frified, be wholly abfol~ed Dei c:~p. 13 • by faith, there IS .no place for works,. ~tall: buc,tpe Apqfl:!e fa!Ch, fea'.u, throughout the whole life'tisreve11ledfrom faith tofaith; befides; the Apo~le :Paut excludetb·all works,- even'tho_fe uone·by grace :. •tis true,this Error is lefs then that of. the Pelagians '-!Nho faid, that by natural abilities the Law might be.keP,t.tm}ufiifx:atiolili; .haw...; ever •cis not enough ,to afcribe ·jufl:.ifi,~a.tory; yv.6rks to the <Drace of: God: So did tbe Pharifee, Luk.:t8•H,I2~ GodA .thanl(the.e, not my fclf; yet he wmt not away jufiified:; ~Iis il! t~ . affociat~ nature
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