sf/dIn í6t1 attdd rnnatian. I 8 tame whether they be pardonedvntovs. AnJrer. He that cettainlie and truly knoweththat butone finne is pardonedhim, hepathbefore Godall his fumes remitted, whether they be knowne or vnknowne. Q6ieE1. IV. Nomandare fweare,or die in the defence ofthispropofition, lam the childofGod,orin Gods fauour, and iuf+ified. .eInfwer. They which haue an vnfained faith, will ifthey be lawfullycalled , not onely tefiifie their a- doptionby an oath,but Peale it altoby their blond. ObieEl. V. AMan mayhaue this faith which the Prote(fantes talkeof, and lie in amortal( hnne, and haue alto apurpofe to perfeuere in amortali finne. ,lnfwer. It is farre otherwife,for Act. r 5.9. Truefaithpurifieth the heart. ThefeSophiflers do further affirme,that this faith, whichto them is nothing but a knowledgeand illumination ofthemind concerning the truth ofGods word, is theroote and foundationofiuiiification. The which ifit be true, why fhouldnot thedeuill be iuft ? forhebathboth aknowledge ofGods word , & thereunto by beleeuingcloth giue his:dent ;who notwithilanding bee haue fucha faith , yet canhe not be called one ofthe fitithfull. Heer they except,andfay, Thedeuils faith is void ofcharitie , Bich is the formeoffaith. But this is adoting furmife of their o .t ne breine. For chatitie is theeffe6offaith. t. Tim. i 5.But the eff'eet cannot informe thecaufe. 7he Xl. erreur. t)?ans loueo fGod, doth in order and timegoebefore bis iuilificationand reconciliation with god. 'TheConfutation. Naycontrarily,vnleffe we be firf.IperiwadedofGodsloue towardsys, wee neuer loue him.Forwe loue him,becaufe l_+e (suedvsfrfl. iJob. 4. 19.Again, it is impoflible that Godsenemie fhould louehim : but he which is not as yet iufiified,or reconciledto God,he is Gods enemie. Rom. 5.9. io. Neither is any manbeforethe aáá .ofiuflification,madeofGods enemiehis friend, The III. errourr. Infufedorinherent inflict, is theformal(ramie' sfiufifieation,wbersbymen are inflified in thefight ofgod. The Confutation. Wedo contrarilie hold,thatthemateriali caufeofmans ii.s(lification is, the obedienceofChat infnffering,and fulfillingthe law fo. vs: butas forthefor- rnall.caufe that mull needsbe Imputation, thewhichis an av i< n 04? GQd the Father
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