Q be order of`the t.ato1ec for1.0'4 iignif°ingtople4feGod, viedthisLatinewordprontersri ,Tomerit. ObieLt. 1. Workeshaue attributed veto them reward. Anfwer. Reward is not fo much attributed to the worke, as to theworker , and to him not for himfelfe., but for Chrif }s merits apprehendedby faith. Therefore not out me- rite, orperfonall merite,but Chrittsmerit, and our reward are correlatiucs. Obiec`t. I I. 2.Thefí. r .6. ft iça righteous thing withG6d torecompence tribulation, &c. Anfwer. lt is righteous, not becauleGodought fo to doe of duty, but becaulehepromifed : nowfor God toBand to hisword, it isa part ofiuilice. Obrec`'t. I I. Chriabath merited, that workes might merite . Anfwer. I. This.takethquite away the intercetlion ofChria . II. It is againil: the nature of a legali worke,to merit (ex condigno) condignly : becauleboth the law ofnatureandcreation doe bindman to performe legali workesvoteGod. And further, all workes are very imperfect, andmixed with finne. III. This do6rineconcerning works,doth obscureand darken the merit of Chria : be- caúfe that theobtaining ofeteriìail life is withdrawne from his death and o- bedience,and attributed vnto wòrkes. For theyfay thus,. that Chrifl by his paffion did make indeedefor the firmer iuiiification : but a firmer once iuffi- fied, doeth for himfclfeby his owne meritescuen condignly metite eternal' life. Obie`t. IV The workes oftheregenerate, are the workesofthe Holy Ghoa, therefore perfc ik and pure. Anfwer. I. Theworkesof God are all perfe&,but yet in their time;andby degrees : therefore feu&ification which is a workeofGod,mtrfl in this liferemarne incomplete, and is made perfe& in the world to come. 11. The workesofGod arepure, as they are the workes ofGodalone, notofGod and impureman : but now goodworkes they doe come imniediatly from thenaturall faculties ofthe foule,.namely, from the 'vttdetfhndin ,and the will, (in whichtbeybeing asyetbut partly reenera- ted, forne corrupt qualities offinne doe yet remainc)and are not immediately and'ftn ly, or wholly deriued from Gods fpirit. Andhence it is that they are all flairìedwith finne. The XVII. Error. Oti' k ô veth not but by ejqeciall reuel4t ion, whether heebepredeilinated, ar not. The Confutation. The contrarie to this, is a-plainetrueth. Reafons. I. That whichaman muEt certainlyb "eleeue, thatmay he allo certainly knowwithout an efpeciali reuelation: but eáeryFaithful' man muti belecue that he iseleCted It is Gods commandement,thìat we fhouldbeleeue inChrif},r.Ioh.3.2 3 .Novv to in Chat', is notot3ely to be/cow that we areadopted, iuftified, and redeemed by
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