516 The nature of yußí fication, as declared interpretationem illam tanquam Apoflolico fenfui & fcopo con- trarian' omnino repudiandam effe. Verum conflat voculam Çnit ) frequenter in Scripturis adverfative fumi, ut idem valeat quod Sed tantum. So he according to his ufual candor and ingenuity. It is not probable that we (hall have an end of contending in this World, when Men will not acquiefce in fuch plain Determinations of Controverfies given by the Holy Ghott himfelf. The Interpretation of this place given, as the meaning of the Apot}le, That Men cannot be juffified by thofe Works which they cannot perform, that is, Works abfolutely per - feFt; but may be fo, and are fo, by thofe which they can, and do perform , if not in their own ttrength , yet by the aid of Grace : And that Faith in Chrifl yefus which the Apo - ftle oppofeth abfolutely unto all Works whatever, doth include in it all thole Works which he excludes, and that with refpe t unto that end or effeli with refpeet whereunto they are ex- cluded, cannot well be fuppofed to be fuitable unto the mind of the Holy Ghoíi. Ephef. 2. 8, 9, io. der by Grace ye are faved through Faith , and that not of yourfe/ves, it is the gift of God; not of Works, left any Man fhould boafi. For we are his Workmanfhip created in Chrifi yefws unto good Works, which God bath fore - ordained that =Amid walk in them. Unlefs it had feetned good unto the Holy Ghoit to have expreflèd before hand all the evalons and fubterfuges, which the wit of Man in after ages cóuld invent, to pervert the Do &rive of our Jultification before God, and to have re 3c ìed them, it is impo(l'ible they could have been more plainly
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