476 The nature of yufiiffcation, as declare d fubjc . And ( t. ) it is worth obfervation , with what variety of exprefrions -the Apofile lets forth the Grace of God in the Juihlication of Believers. Amcd,,t, , dwgghd, Alf) IT!het, t Xíx ßcí ¿nom, dL,gsrt Ta "s hxcuaovvns. Nothing is omitted that may any way exprefs the freedom,Afficiency, and efficacy of Grace unto that end. And although thefe terms leemfome of them to be coincident in their fignification , and to be ufed by him promilcuoufly, yet do they every one include fomething that is peculiar,and all ofthem let forth the whole work of Grace. arxaíwtcx feems to me, to be ufed in this Ar- gument for d),(or6yn which is the foundation of a cauCe in tryal, the matter pleaded, whereon the perfon tried is to be acquitted and juftified. And this is the Righteoufnefs of Chrift ; of one. owpntcx,or a free donation is exclufive of all de- lert and conditions on our part, who do receive it. And it is that whereby we are freed from condemnation, and have a right unto the Jufhification of life. xdecs is the free grace and favor of God, which is the original or efficient caufe of our Juftification, as was declared Chap. 3. 24. xáe,mhz hath been explained before. fl ecasia .ztivT&-, the abundance of grace, is added to fecure Believers of the certainty of the effe&. It is that whereunto nothing is wanting unto our Ju- ftification. aceea Tt1s .ii uO?Win; expreffeth the free grant of that Righteoufnefs which is imputed unto us unto the Jufli- fication of life, afterwards called the obedience of Chrift. Be Men as wife and learned as they pleale, it becomes us all to learn to think, and fpeak of thofe Divine Myfferies from this Bief, fed Apofile, who knew ,them better then we all, and betides, wrote by divine infpiration. And it is marvellous unto me, how Men can break through the fence that he bath made about thegrace of God, and obe- dience of Chrift in the work of our Juttification before God, to introduce their our own Works of Obedience, and to find a /place for them therein. But the delign of Paul and
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