542 Objellioris âgaiitl yufificatien by the manageth this charge againft the Doctrine of the Reformed Churches; De fir-vat. par. 4. cap. i. And he made it the foundation whereon, and the reafon why he oppofeth the Doetrine of the imputation of the fatisfaUion &f Chrisi, if any fuch fatisfaáion fhould be allowed, which yet he peremp- torily denies. And he bath written a Treatife unto the fame purpofe defended by Schli6iingius againft Meifnerys. And he takes the fame honeft courfe herein, that others did be- fore him. For he chargeth it on the Divines of the Prote- fant Churches, that they taught that God juf ifeth the ungodly, not only thefe that are fo, and whileft they are fo, but al- though they continue fo ; that they required no inherent Righteoufneß or Holinefs in any, nor could do fo on their principles, Peeing the imputed Righteoufnefs of .Chrift is fuffi- cient >for them, although they live in fin, are not waffled nor cleanfed, nor do give up themfelves unto the wayes of Duty and Obedience unto God whereby he may be pleafed, and fo bring in Libertinifme and Antinomianifine into the ' Church. And he thinks it a fufficient confutation of this Doctrine to alledge againft it that neither Fornicators, nor Idolaters, nor Adulterers &c. 'hall inherit the Kingdom of God. And thefe are fome' of thofe ways which have rendred the manage- ment of controverfies in Religion fcandalous and abominable, fuch as no wife or good man will meddle withal, unlefs com- pelled for the neceffary fervice of the Church. For thefe things are openly falfe, and made ufe of with a fhameful di fhonefty to promote a corrupt defign and end. When I find men at this bind of work I have very little concernment in what they fay afterwards, be it true or falfe. Their rule and meafure is what ferves their own end, or what may promote the defign and intereft wherein they are ingaged, be it right or wrong. And as for this man there is not any Article in Religion (the principal whereof are reje &ed by him,) on whofè account he doth with more confide= adjudge us unto
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