374 Chap.5. vJCänìdreritarienon nature, but by workes of grace. Secondly , hence we gather, that to adde any thin to the ;paflïon, as a meritorious caufeofour iuftification, and:faluati- on, is to make Chrift vnpro.fitable. For he mull be perfeEl Sauiour,or no Sauiour: he admits neither partner, nordeputie an iheworke of our redemption. And thegrace of Godad- ; ,flits no mixtureor compofìtion with anything that is of vs. Grace is nograce, vnleffe it be freely, giuen euery way.There- fore the Popath rcligió is a damnablereiigion:becau1ewith the. merit & fatisfaEtimof Chrift , it ioyns humane merits &fatisfa- te ¿:ions, in the tali ofour iuftification. It may be alleadged,that the Popifh religion maintaines all the articles concerning Cfirift, as we doe. "'of: It Both fo in word : but withal! itaddes to the forefaidarticles the doctrine ofhu mane meritsandfatif' ;(actions, which hakevoide the deathof Chrift. Againe, Pa. tl pills alleadge that it is-the glorie of Chrift , that he meritsfor vs, andwithal makes vs to merit for our felues; as it is<the glo- lie of an Erraperour tomake other kings vndcr him. t1,9/. It is not the lorieof the Emperour to make 'kings as partners with him, in hiskingdome. And workesfetvp asmeritorious ae caufcs of faluation , difhonour Chrift , for they make him vu. ;profitable, as Paul here teacheth. Popifh religion therefore is in no wife, inany place tote tollerated, where it maybe abolifhed:but it intobe wifhed that it were banithed forthoftowne and countrey: and fludentsare 15 to be warnedwith great circumfpeftion to read Popifh wri- ters. For nogoodcan be lookedfor of that religion that makes - Chrift vnprofitable. Laftiv, we are here taught to content our felucs withChrifl: alone, andwith his works,merits,andfatisfaations.Forin him, 30 weare complete. C01.2. ro. The confirmation -of the fentencc followeth, 1Par l fay it: therfore it is fo.This kind ofreafoningmay not kerne firange: for the Apoftles inwriting and preaching , had thediuine and infallible affiflance-ofthefpirit, fo as they could not erre. This ?y mull be held as a Principle in religion a and beefing denied, ;, there is no certentie of the Bible. 3 For I teí ifie againe to every., man that is circumcifed, that he is
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