454 The nature of yu flífication, as declared puted unto him for Righteoufnefs. The Nature of Imputa- tion hath been before declared. 4. The efpecial Nature of this Imputation , namely that it is of Grace without refpe& unto Works , he afferts and proves, verf 4. from what is contrary thereunto , Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckon'd of Grace, but of Debt. Where Works are of any conflderatton, there is no room for that kind of Imputation whereby Abraham was jutti- fied , for it was a gracious Imputation, and that is not of what is our own antecedently thereunto, but what is made our awn by that Imputation. For what is our own cannot be imputed unto us in a way of Grace, but only reckon'dours in a way ofDebt. That which is our own with all the effeas of it, is due unto us. And therefore they who plead that Faith it felf is imputed unto us, to give force countenance unto an Imputation of Grace, do fay it is imputed not for what it is, for then it would be reckoned ofDebt, but for what it is not. So Socinus, Cum fides imputatur nobis pro juflitia, ideo impu- tatur quia nec ipfa fides juflitia ef, nec vere in fe eam continet, De Servat. Part. 4. cap. 2. which kind of Imputation being indeed only a falfe Imagination, we have before difproved. But all works are incontinent with that Imputation whereby Abraham was ;unified. It is otherwife with him that work - eth , fo as thereon to be juftified, then it was with him. Yea, fay force, all Works that are meritorious , that are performed with an opinion of Merit,that make the Reward to be of debt, are excluded, but other Works are not. This diftin &ion is not learned from the Aponte. For according unto him, if this be merit and meritorious, that the Reward be reckon'd of Debt, then all Works in Junification are fo. For without diftinEtion or limitation he affirms, that unto him that worketh, the reward is not recAon'd ofGrace, but of Debt. He doth not exclude fume fort of Works, or Works in Tome fenfe, becaufe they would make the reward of Debt, but affirms that all would
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