the Nature and Zfe of it. a 13 the Law, on the account of his fatisfä &ion and merit. But moreover they fay, that as there is a Perf nal inherent Righ- teoufnef required of us, fo there is a juflifücation by the Go- fpel thereon. For by our Faith and the plea of it, we are jufrified from the charge of Unbelief; by our fincerity and the plea of it, we are juftified from the charge of Hy pocri- fie; and fo by all other.Graces and Duties from the charge of the contrary fins in Commiffion or Omiffion, fo far as fuch fins are inconfiftent with the Terms of the Covenant of Grace. How this differeth from the fecond Juftification be- fore God, which Tome fay we have by works on the fuppofi- tion of the pardon of fin for the fatisfä &ion of Chrifr, and the infufion of an habit of Grace enabling us to perform thofe Works, is declared by thofe who. fo exprefs them - felves. Some add, that this inherent perfonal Evangelical Righte- oufnefs, is the condition on our part of our legal Righte- oufnefs, or of the Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift unto our Jufrification, or the pardon of fin. And thofe by whom the fatisfa&ion and merit of Chrift are denied., make it the only and whole condition of our abfolute Jnftification before God. So fpeak all the Socinians conftantly. For they deny our Obedience unto Chrift to be either the meri- torious'or efficient caufe of our Juftification ; only they fay it is the Condition of it, without which God bath decreed that we (hall not be made partakers of the Benefit thereof. So doth Sbcinus himfelf, De Juflificat. pag. 17. Stint opera nofira, id eft,' ut dam fuit, Obedientia quam Chriflo pr&fla- mus, licet nec efficiens nec meritoria, tarnen caufa efl (ut zo- cant) (ne qua non, Tuf ificationis coram Deo, atq; &tern& noflr &. Again, pag; 14. inter Opufeul. Vt cavendurn cfi ne vite faniíitatem atq; innocentiam effedum yuflifiiationis noflr& coram Deo effé credamus, neq; illam no coram Deo rVM"- cations caufám efficientern e a rrnenna ; fi ci tantum-
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