5 5 2 ObjeZiions againg lulification ly the I. He pleads the Ordination of God ; God bath before ordained that we fhould walkin them; Eph. 2. Io. God bath defignéd, in the difpofal of the order of the caufes öf Salva- tion, that thole who believe in Chrift fhould live in, walk in, abound in, good Works and all Duties of Obedience unto God. To this end are Precepts, Dire &ions, Motives and Encouragements every where multiplied in the Scripture. Wherefore we fay that good Works, and that as they include the gradual progreffive Renovation of our natures , our growth and increafe in grace, with fruitfulnefs in our lives, are neceffary from the Ordination of God, from his will and command. And what need there any further difpute about the neceffity of good Works among them that know what it is to believe, or what refpe& there is in the Souls and Con - fciences of Believers unto the commands of ,God ? But what force, fay fome, is in this Command or Ordination of God, when notwithftanding it, and if we do not apply out felves unto Obedience, we !hall be juftified by the Impu- tation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift, and fo may be faved without them. I fay (I ) As was before obferved, that it is Believers alone concerning whom this enquiry is made, and there is none of them but will judge this a molt unrea- fonable and fenfelefs obje &ion, as that which arifeth from an utter ignorance of their ftate and relation unto God. To fuppofe that the minds of Believers are not as much and as efl'e &wally influenced with the Authority and Commands of God unto Duty and Obedience, as if they were all given in order unto their Jultification, is to confider neither what Faith is, nor what it is to be a Believer, nor what is the Re- lation that we ftand in unto God by Faith in Chrift Jefus, nor what are the Arguments oil.motives wherewith the minds of fuch perfons are principally affe&ed and conftrained. This is the Anfwer which the Apoftle gives at large unto this Excep- tion, Rom.6. 2,3: (2 )The whole fallacy of this Exception I is
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