Works of it, in the Epifile of Paul. 417 Works of the I av any can be juftifed, is the entire Rule and Guide of oar Obedience unto God , even as unto the whole frame and fpiritual Conflitution of our Souls, with all the Aas of Obedience or Duties that he requireth of us. And (2.) That the Works of this Law which he fo frequently and plainly excludeth from our Juttification, and therein oppo- feth to the Grace of God, and the Blood of Chrif}, are all the Duties of Obedience, Internal, Supernatural ,. External, Ritual, however we are or may be enabled to perform them, that God requireth of us. And thefe things excluded, it is the Righteoufnef of Chrift alone imputed unto us, on the ac- count whereof we are juf ified before God. The Truth is,' fo far as I can difcern, the real Difference that is at this Day amongft us about the Doerrine of our juflification before God, is the fame that was between the Apo- file and the Jews, and no other. But Controverfies in Reli- gion make a great Appearance of being new, when they are only varied and made different, by the new Terms and Ex- preffions that are introduced into the handling of them. So hath it fallen out in the Controverfie about Nature and Grace; For as unto the true nature of it, it is the fame in thefe days, as it was between the Apoffle Paul and the Pharifees, between Auflin and Pelagius afterwards. But it .hath now paffed through fo many forms and dreffes of Words, as that it can force be known to be what it was. Many at this day will condemn both Pelagius and the Dotrine that he taught, in. the Words wherein he taught it, and yet embrace and approve . of the things themfelveswhich he intended. The Introdu- ¿ion of every Change in Philofophical Learning, gives an Appearance of a Change in the Controverfies which are managed thereby. But take ofd` the covering of Philofophi- cal Expreffions, Diflinilions, Metaphyfcal Notions, and futi- lout Terms of Art, which fome of the Ancient Schoolrneet and later Difputants have caft upon it, and. the Difference. E , h h about:
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