in. the EpOres fgt. Pau!, e 3. He declares that there is a twofold Righteoufnefs that may be pleaded and tried unto to this purpofe. (i.) Our own Righteoufnef whi is of the Lam. (2.) That which is through the Faith of Chrifi , the Righteoufnefs which is of God by. Faith. Thefe he afferts to be oppojite and inconfiftent as unto the end of our Juftification and acceptance with God; Not having mine own Righteoufnefs , but that which is, &c. And an intermediate Righteoufnefs between thefe he acknowledg- eth not. 4. Placing the inftance in hirrrfelf, hedeclares emphatically (fo as there is fcarce a greater , or vehemency of Speech, in all his Writings,) which of thofe it was that he adhered unto, and placed his confidence in.. And in the handling of this Subje&, there were fome things which engaged his holy mind into an earnef nefs of expreflion in the exaltation of one of there, namely of the Righteoufnefs which is of God by Faith,_ and the.deprefl ion of the other, or his. own Righte. oufnefs. A r. This was the turning point, whereon he and others. had forfaken their.Iuda/fin and betaken themfelves unto the Gofpel. This therefore was to be fecured as the main inftance, wherein the greateft controverfie that ever was in the world was debated. So he expreffeth it, Gal. 2. 15. 16. We who are yews by nature and not Sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man ìs not juftifed by the w ®rks of the Law, but by the Faith of yefus -Chr even we have believed in lefus Chrifl, that we might be juflified by the Faith of Chrif, and not by the Works of the Law. (2.) Hereon there was great oppoßtion made un- to =this Doctrine by the Jews in all places and in many of them theminds of multitudes were turned offfrom the Truth ( hieh the moftare generally prone unto in this-cafe) and perver- ted from the fimplicity of the Gofpel. This greatly a.fetted his holy soul, and he takes notice of it in rnoft of his Epi- ales.: (3.) The weight of theDoetrine it fell, with that unveil= lingnr C 5.2-.
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