410 What intended by the Lin,, and the think to have any place therein. (9) The Reafon why no no man can be juftified by the Law , is becauCe no man can . yield perfect. obedience thereunto. For by perfef} Obedience the Law will juftifie, Rent. 2.13. Chap. rc. 5. Wherefore all Works are excluded that are not abfolutely perfect. But this the belt Works of Believers are not; as we have proved be- fore. (to.) If there be a R.eferve for the Works of Believers performed by the Aid of Grace in our Juftification, it is, that either they may be concaufes thereof, or be indifpenfibly fob - frvient unto thofe things that are fo. That they are con - cassfes of our Juftification, is not abfolutely affirmed; Neither can it be Paid that they are neceffarily fubfervient unto them that are fo. They are not fo unto the efficient Caufe thereof, which is the Grace andfavour of God alone, Rom. 3. 24, 25. chap. 4. it 6. Eph. 2. 8, g. Rev. I. 6. Nov are they fo unto the Meritorious Caufe of it, which is Chri.ff alone, AA`s 13 38. chap. 26. i8. z Cor. 1.30. 2 Cor. 5. 18, ¡9, 20, 2z. Nor un- to the (Material Catsfe of it which is the Righteoufnefs of Chri.ff alone ; Rom. to. 3, 4. Nor are they Co unto Faith in what place foever it be Rated. For not only is Faith only mentioned, wherever we are taught the way how the Righ- teoufnefs of Chrift is derived and communicated unto us; without any intimation of the conjunction of Works with. it ; but alfo, as unto our Juftification they are placed in Oppofition and ContradiCtion one to the. other, Rom. 3, 28. And fundry other things are pleadable unto the fame purpofe. 7. Some affirm that the Apofile excludes all Works from our frfi jollification , but not from the fécond, or as forne fpeak, the continuation of our Juftification. But we have before examined than Diftinítions and found them, groundlefs. Evident it is therefore, that men put thenafelves into an uncertain, flippery Ration, where they I now. not what to fix
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