336 VB~.s.24. 'An Exfo{i~i{)n,"~!'Jth N~t'-s CHA!·2· I Righteoufne[!, Which u ofthe Lttw; whica intimateth to us, that this Righteoufnef~ is of God, and that 'cis made ours by Faith. 6. Thofe that receive the Righteoufnefs of Chrift, are alfo fantli– fied :~Y him: New Obedien~e is an infeparable companion of Jufii– fifatton ·; 1 Qor. 1. -3o. Rt-'ghteoufnefs and Sa,ntli.fication : by vir- ~ t'~epf: theUnion we have both:· zCdr.) •.IJ. Whofoever u in Chrift is a nm Creature: So that Obedience is not the condition of Jultification, but the eviden~e ; not the condition and qualifi– cation of the new Covenant, fo much as' of.. the Covenanters ; ,. See Mr Balt Faith jufiifieth,_ and Obedience approveth: *. it mufl: be iri the of the Cove- form jubjea, though it bath not avoyce fn the fome Courf. nant, page :z.o Thirdly, TheOrthodox, though they differ fomewhat in words. and phrafes, yet they agree in the fame common fence,in reconCile· ing Jamerand Paut, thus, while fome fay, Paul iiifputeth of the I caufe of J ufrificatioo, and fo excludethWorkf; !ames of the effeas of Jufiification, and fo enforceth a prefence of them .: And others· fay, Pan! difputeth how we ~tr~ ju(li~ed, and James how we 01all evidence our fdves to.be jullified; the one taketh, Jufiification for acquittance from fin, the other for acquittance from hypo– crijie ; the one for·the imputation of Righteoufnefs, the other for t'he declaration of Reghteoufnef!. Or as others, Paul -fpeaketh of the office of ·Faith, J ames of thequality ot:Faith; Paul plead– eth for foving Faith, [11r»es pleadeth againfi 1Mkfd aj[ent ; the. \ one fpeaketh of the jufiifying of the Perfon, the other of. the F f!_ith,&c. All tliefe Anfwers are to the fame effect, either fubor• dinat€ to orie another, or differing onely in expreffion, and do very w'ell fuit with the fcope of the Apofl:le : you !hall fee everywherehe fceketh,to difvalue and pHt a difgrace upon that ·Faith he fpeaketh ef; he calleth it avain dead Faith, a Faith Which is alone, &c. And whenhe fixeth the fcope of the Difputation, he faith, Sh'Cw me th] Faith by thy Work!: where he plainly difcovereth what was roe· matter in controverfie, to wit, the evidencing of their Faith : And •tis notable, that when he beginneth to argue, t_he Propofition which he layeth down is this, That a bare profeffion Df F11ith Witkout Work.,s Will not (av~• . ' I is true, 'cis ddivered_by ~ayof queibon, Verf. 14. What Wtll ~t profit, mJ Brethre·n, if" manfayhehath Faith, 11nd bath not Wo':kf? Will Faith [ave him? Or, as it is in tbe Original, will n'lfk,~, Will that Faithfave -him? Now fuch quefiions are the ftrongeft way ofdenyal, for they -- -- · ·.--- · .... --·- ---- - --· ·· are
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