5 38 The nature of 7uf i fcation as, &c. what words it can be expreffed. Unto the third I fay, (t.) The Apotlle doth not, nor do we fay, that he doth, call our Inherent Righteoufnefs dung, but only that he accounts it fo. (2.) He doth not account it fo abfolutely, which he is molt remote from, but only in comparifon with Chrifto (3.) He doth not etteern it fo in it felf, but only as unto his truft in it, with refpett unto one efpecial end, namely, our Juítification before God. (q..) The Prophet Ifaiah in the fame refpet, terms all our Righteoufnefs filthy rags, Chap. 64.6. And =IV 1.= is an expreílìon of as much contempt, as cr)Jeaha. 5. Some fay all Works are excluded as meritorious of -.- Grace, Life, and salvation, but not as the condition of. our Juftification before God. But (i. ) what ever the Apoltle excludes, he doth it .abfolutely, and with all re. fpcEts, becaufe he lets up fomething elfe in oppottion unto it. (2.) There is no ground left for any filch diftincuion in this place : For all that the Apoftle requires unto our Juflificatíon is, (r.) That we be found in Cbrik, not in pur felvet. (2.) That we have the Righteoufnefs of God, not our own. (3.) That we be made partakers of this Righteoufnefs by Faith, which is the fubttance of what we plead. for., CH Al),
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