CHAP. I. Juflifying Faith, the Gaut .r, Objet i, and Na -- tiire of it, declared. He means of Juftification on our part is Faith. That we are jufliffecl by Faith is fo frequently, and fo ex prclly affirmed in the Scripture, as that it cannot directly and in terms by any be denied. For whereas Tome begin, by an excels of partiality which çontroverfial Engagements and Provocations do encline then, unto, to affirm that our j fli- .;'cation is more ,frequently afcribed unto other things, Graces or Duties, than unto Faith, it is to be paffed. by in filence, and not contended about. But yet alto the Explanation which fume others make of this general conceffion, That we are ju -- flifiecl by Faith, doth as fully overthrow what is affirmed therein, as if it were in terns reje6ted. And it would more advantage the tmderftandings of men, if it were plainly re- futed upon its firff propofal, than to be lead about in a maze of Words, and DiffinOtions unto its real Exclufion; as is done both by the Romanifls and Socinians. At prefent we may take the Propofition as granted, and only enquire into . the true genuine fenfe and meaning of it. That which firft occurs unto our Confideration is Faith ; and that which loth concern it may be reduced unto two Heads ; (a )' Its ?ztere, ( 2 ) Its Zf in our Juftification. Of the Nature of Faith in general, of the e p erial Nature of juffifying Faith of its Charafterifgical Difsin &ions from that which is called Faith, but is not juftifying, fo many Difeourfès ( divers of them the effeus of found Judgment and good Experience) are already extant, as it is altogether need-
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