3 20 Arguments for f uffication by the in the merit of his Works as forme have now attained unto,yet why he doth not freely enter into judgment with God, put it unto the Trial whether he fhould be juftified or no, by plea- ding that he had fulled the Condition of the New Covenant, that Everlafting Covenant which God made with him, or- dered in all things and fure ? For upon a fuppofition of the procurement of that Covenant, and the Terms of it by Chrift, ( for I fuppofe the virtue of that Purchafe he made of it, is allowed to extend unto the Old Teftament) this was all that was required of him ? Is it not to feared that he was one of them who fee no necety,'or leave none of Perfonal Holi- neßand Righteoufnefs, feeing he makes no mention of it, now it fhould {land him in the greateft ftead -? At leaft he might plead his Faith as his own Duty and Work, to be impu- ted unto him for Rghteoufnefs? But whatever the Keafon be, he waves them all, and abfolutely deprecates a Trial upon them. Come not,, faith he, O Lord, into Judgment with thy Servant, as it is promifed that he who believes fhould not come into judgment, Joh. 5. 24. And if this Holy Perfon renounce the whole corifideration of all his perfonal inherent Righteoufnef, in every kind, and will not infift upon it under any pretence, in any place, as unto any tire in his Juftification'before God, we may fafely conclude there is no fuch Righteoúfnefs in any whereby they may be juftified. And if men would but leave thofe fhades and coverts under which they hide themfelves in their Dif- putations, if they would forego thofe pretences and Diftin- Lions wherewith they delude themfelves and others, and tell us plainly what plea they dare make in the prefince of God, from their own Righteoúfnefs and Obedience that they may be juftified before him, we fhould better underftand their minds than now we do. There is one I confefs, who fpeaks with force confidence unto this purpofe.. And that is Vafquez the Jeftite; in 1. 2. Difp. 204. cap. 4. Inbærens yufitia its reddit
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