5 6'2 , The ` oUrine of St. abuf s as men either made at it, or turned it unto. Nor, have we any other Do &rine in his Epiftles than what he Preached all the World over, and whereby he laid the foun- dation of Chriftianli,eligion efpecially among the Gentiles. Thefe things being,premifed, I {hall briefly evidence that there is not the leaft .Repugnancy or.:contradit1ion between what is declared by there two Apoftles, as unto our Juítifica- tion with the caufes of it. And this I {hall do, By fome general confiderations -of the nature and tendency of both their difcourfes. ( 2) By a particular explication of the context in that of St. awes. And under the firft head I {hall manifeft. (t ) That they have not the fame (cope, de- fign or end in their difcourfes; That they do not confider the fame queflion, nor flate the fame cafe, nor determine on the fame enquiry, and therefore not fpeaking ad idem unto the fame thing do not contrarli& one another. ( 2) That as Faith is a word of various fignification in the Scripture, and , doth as we have proved before, denote that which is of di- vers kinds, they .Íeak not of the fame Faith, or Faith of the fame kind, and therefore there can be no contradi &ion. in what the one afcribes unto it, and the other derogates from it, feeing they fpeak not of the fame Faith. ( 3 ) That they do not fpeak of Jx flification in the fame fenfe,nor with refpe& unto the fame ends. (4) That as .,unto Works they both in- tend the fame, namely, the Works of Obedience unto ..thy _. moral Law. r. As to the fcope and defign of the, Apoftle Paul, the queftion which he anfwereth, the cafe which he propofeth determines upon, are manife{l in all his Writings, efpeci- ally his Epi{tles.unto the Romans and Galatians. The whole of his purpofe is to declare, how a guilty convinced inner comes through Faith in the blood of Chri{t to have all his fins pardoned, to be accepted with God, and obtain a right unto the Heavenly inheritance, that is, be acquitted and jufbifted.
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