of Saluation andVamnation. lO The Sophi!l:ers doe fi1rth.er affir,me, that A ner, fo by proportion fuch as beleeuc "'' & this faith which to them IS nothtng but a made iu!t. But Chri!l: was by imputation on- r. knowled;eand illumination ofthe mind,con· ly made and accounted a linnerforvs. 2. C<r. cerningthe truth ofGods w_ord, is the :oot.e 5.21. For he became furetie for vs, and a faand foundation of iu!tificanon. The wluch,1f cri/ice for our linnes, vpon which all both the it be true, why fhould not the diuell be iu!l: ? guiltineffe ofGods wrath,and puniihment for for he hath both a knowledge of Gods word, vs was tobe laid. Hence ir is,that he is faid to and thereunto by bekeuing doth giue his afbecome ( ,.,.J.,.) • corfi for vs: thereforewee fenr ; who norwith!tanding hee haue f>eh a againe are made iu!t onely by imputation. fairh,yet can he norbe called one ofthe faithIII• The contraryto condemnation is remif. full. lionoflins;and iu!tification is the oppoliteof Here thq ""'P' and[ay: The diuells faith is oondernnation. Rom. 8. JJ.It i& God that i•ftifivoid ofcharity , which is the furme of faith. ttb,who fh•ll condm••e? Therefore iu!tification But this is a doting·furmife of their owne istheremifsionoflins.Nowrcmifsionoflins br.lin. For charity is the effdl offaith.t. y,.,. depeRdeth ondy "f'On this imputation of I ·5 .But the effect cannot informe the caufc. Chri!ts merits.I V. Albeit infufed & inherent The X I. Errour. B iu!l:ice may hauehisduc place, his praife, and M•nsloHtoJ God,dotb inorder •ndtimeJo be. alfo defcrrs, yet as it is the wurke ofrhe holy fort hU iuf!,jic4tifm""dreconciJj:ttionwith God. Ghofl,it is not in this life complete,& by rca- 'f'heconf•t•tion. foofthc flefh whertoitis vnited it is both imNaytontrarily,vnleff"e we be lir!l: perfivaperfett,andinfetted with thedregsoffin.E(A. ded ofGods loue towards vs, we neuer loue 64.6. Therefore before Gods iudgemen: feat him.For we la1Je him, hee•ufo he louedvtfirjl. 1: lt cannotclaimc: this prerog,triue, to abfolue Ioh+ I 9.Again,itis impofsible,that Gods eany from the fentence ofcondemnation. nemy fhould loue him: but he which is notas ObidJ. I. This imputation is nothing elfe but yet iu!tificd, or reconciJedtoGod,h.e is Gods avain conceit.Anf.I.Yes,it is a relarionordi enemy,Rcm.5 ·9 ,ro.Neither is any man beuineordinance, wherby one relatiue is applyforethe act of in!tifioation, made ofGodso- ~d to his correlatiue, or as the Logicians (.,y,. nemy his friend. Isasthcfoundarionto theTtrmi•zu. II. As the TheXIf. Errour. imputation ofour Gnnes vnto Chrifi, was inlnfuftrfor inherent i•fti<e, i4 theform•Ucaufi deede fomething fo theimputati"on ofChri!ts ofiNflijication, whereby men •re iuflified i11 tb1 iufticevmovs, mutt not bee thought a bare fight ofGodform•UJ. conceit. Ill. Againe, ri:e Church of Rome The Confowion. C cloth her fclfe maintaioe imputatiue iu!tice, We doecontrarily hold, that the material! namely, when as by Ecclelia!ticall anthoritie caufe ofmans iul!ificatio, is the obedience of fhe doth apply the merirs and fitisfactions·of Chri!tinfu.tfering & fulfilling the law for vs: <erraine perfons, vnto other members ofthat butasforthe formal! caufe, that mu!t needes Church. Wl!en it isapparant, that euen the be imputation, the which is an action ofGod Popes indulgences they areimputatiue. the Father,accepting the obedience ofChri!t Obi<£1. II. Imputatine iutliceis not euerforvs,asitwereourowne.Reafom.I.Looke latling: but that iu!tice which the Mtjfia. by what wee are abfolued from all our linnes, bringsis euerla!ting.Anf. Although after this and by whichwe are accepted to eternalllife, life thereis no pardon of linnesto be looked by that ~loneare •We iu!tified : bu<by Chri!ts for, yet that which is giuenvsjn this life, fhall perfctl: obedience imputedvntovs,we are ab· to our faluation continue inthe life to come. folued from all our fim1es, and through it we Obie£1. III. Ifiu!tification bee by impuare accept'cl ofGod,toeternalllife,the which tation,he may before God be iu!t who indeed we cannot attain.~ vntoby inherent holines, is avery wickedman. An(. Not f~ any waies: Therefore by Chn(ts perfett obedience im- D for he that is onte by imputation iufiified, he puted vnto vs,we are alone iu!tified.This will is alfo at that fame in!tant fanctified. appeareto be true, in theexercifes ofinuocaThe XIll. Errour. don ?n Gods name, and alfo ofr<pentance. There i&alfo A ficond i•flifiwion, And that i4 For mte~tatiOn, and confltcrs wuh linne and obtained hJ ll>orkt. Satan,fatth~oth notreafon thus: Now I haue The Cmfotation. chanue andInherent grace, and forthefeGod That.popifh deuice ofa fecond iu!tilicatiwdl accept ofme: But flith doth more rightly on,is afatanicall delulion. For,!. the word of behold the Sonne ofGod, as hee was made a God cloth acknowledge no more but one iufacnfice for vs, and litteth at ther!~ht hand of !l:ification at all,& that abfolute and complete hts Father,there makmg mterce!ho for vs:to, ofit felfe. There is but one iu!l:ice but one lahtm,I.fly ,doth faith Hie,& is.affured, chat for tisfaction of God being of!ended ~ therefore thiS hiS Sonne,God wtll forgtUevs al our fins, there cannot b~ a manifold iultification.U. If and will alfo be.rec_onciled vnto vs, yea, and by reafon of the increafeof inherent iu!tice,. account vs m!t tn hi'S fight, not by any quality itt!tification fhould be di!l:inguif11ed into feuetnhc!ent mvs,butrather by rh: n~ericofieftt.;; rall kinds or parts, we mi'ght as well m:1ke an Chnll.Rom. 5·'9· I!. AsChn!bs made afin hundreth kinds-, or parts ofiu!lification, as · two'
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