\ , --- - - -- ·-· ·-------~-- ; 'oo An Expo/ition 'lJpon I ' Notoi tcr of our i~)llific;ltion , and it is out of our tC.lucs ; how commcth it to be made ours? An f. To make it ours,Firfi,God mufi giuc ir,fe,ondI I A rcicCtcd.For as in a m:m thartlanrlcth to rc-ccil~e i --- \ ly J WC mun r'ccciue it. FirO:, God giuetb it vmo vs, when he giucth vs ChriH himfclfe, for it is giucn with him, and is made ours , \\·hen God in racrcic cficcmcth,1udgcth, and accountcth it to be.ours, for it is ours by imput;ttion: which 3ppcircLhby thele tWo rc:afonj: Firft, as Chritl: is maJe our flnnc, fo wee are made his rigluc– ou!ileffc,l. Corimh.s.li. but he is made our \ finne by imputation, and therefore his iufiicc bccing inherent in him, is made ours by impu- ~ tatiot1, Sccot1d!y, as the firll Adams dirobcdi– cncc is m11dc ours,fo Chri!h the fccond A dams obedi.Cnce is ours,Rom. 5· 17. 18. but that is B oursby imputation, and therefore Chri!ls obe– dience alfo. Secondly, to make this obedience ours we muft recciue it, and that can be oncly by faith, which is the hand of the foule recei– uing into it the things that arcgiucn vs ofgod: where noteby the w:~y,that afirmer is not iuHi– liedby the dignitieofhis faith,b)lt as it is an in- , !lrumeut whereby Chrifls obedience is applyed t vnro the roule• . .., J;~I. Point. Wha~workesarc excluded from iul\ific>tion. Anf..The wo1·kes ot tbe Morall &. , U:rcmonialllaw, workes of nature and grace. 1 Tlia.t.c:uen workes of grJcc arc ~xcluded;appe.. :1 gift, no part doth any thing to recciuc it but 'I I the hand, yet hauing rcceiued it, ~11 other para I tcfliflc tha~1kcfnh1cilC, the tonguc,thc fect,and . all tl~e b.od1c~ cucn f~ we rccc;uc the matter of \ OUl' IU{hfic:mon by faith alopc, not byhope, or louc; but after the recciuiog of ChriH. thefC I 'I with the other gra<es vwrkc and fhewe thcmrc!ucs, . . · 1 The fccond point in this oround is ·the · weight of it, appearing herein,~hat he th_:~.t o– uerthrowcth it, oucrnu·neth the faith: R->1~-4· 14./fthq ofthe la'Webu h6moflife,faith i< madevoitk,ana thepromi{eof none ~ffeE!. And Gal,I.H ,lfwebeiHftifiedb; work$s, Chrifl dud iiJ7Jaine. Aducd3.rics hereof. Fir,Jl, the homt-aducrfaAJne~r~:ics. rie is the common fort of ignorant people :md all naturall men, who with the young man fay, Whdtjba/11 doeto becfaued? They ray they will be raucd by faith in Chrill, but when it commeth ro the point , they will bee d.oing fomc- \ what,&. Hand much vpon their coodmeanin", j and right~ous dealing. Secondly, the f~.rrai~c encmic is thc.Popilh doctrine and Romilh rehgion, which teachcth that there be two iu!lifi– cations. F,idt, when a rp~n of an euilt man is made agoo~ man; this is py.grace of; _he,holy GhoHput into the heart: the latter is;wbercby a man IS ll)adc ofgood,bmcr,whicb is_by,-good reth'by there reafons; Firll, a!inner •null fo bee iuftified,that all caurc of•·•flingmay be cut olf, Rom.J,>7.But ifa.m•n were iullificd by works o(grace,he mightboalt (\ill, yea though he ae– kni>\Yledgc theworkesto be of God: feethc Pbarifies example,Luk.18. Secondly, ifa m:m ~-re iu!\ificd by-tbt workes of the !awe, then our.iu(lificarion thould lland by the la'W<; but that.it doth not, Rom. 4• 1.4· for,tbcn the pro– rnife'Were made voide; yea thcJenour ofthat whole Chopter prooucth, that .Ahraham ha– uing Gore of good workcs, was yet iullilied by. faith without the workes of the Lawe; the whlch·thing alfotha• obicc1ionin Chap.6, r, wJindfcth : whttt then ,{lut/Jwecontinue inJinnel drawne out ofthe fine former chapters thus : ~f a man may be iullificd by faith without works, we mily ccontinuc in linnc; whi.ch obicClion wctc no obicdion, ifthat had nqt been the in– t<nt·i>ftlie Apofilc, to proouc iullification by faitli onely', withQ.ut the workes .of the !awe, 'f-hitd!y,P.tJ<iwas no.r iullified by~nyworks:r•. Cor.4. 3• lk.,nowenothing "; mJfolfe ,yetam!, naltli<7ef,yiNftified:wbcrche noteth two thing~ of,hhurclf'e; firll that he hod agood_conrcience wi.tbio him: fccondly, that he wa,·not thc.rebr. iuliified,where he dcborrcth al wo.rks ofgrae~. F.or.thJy, wear~ (aucd by gracewjthout work~: thcfe workc:s excluded arc w9rkes of grace, for •n.cy arc all fueh as God bath prepared t,o, walkcin, Ephcf.z.8. Fiftly, aman mull firll be iullificd bcrore hee <'11 doe agood workc: ond th~refore workes followe iuflification , an,! cilinot caufc it. Yea 3nd as all works arc exclu– ded, fo all vercucs oiro excepting faith archere workes. But what Church focucr holdetp this, ,.,, Pop;n. is fallen from grace. This is a pcrcmp[orie: fen... Church fllC tencc (will fo.me fay) and no general! Co.uncell ~~~[:m bath fo determined, An f. The more is \h~ piry, ~ut Gods word h3!h percnoprorilydc1~rmined 1t: Gal.s+ Th'Jare.&olif!>td fromChrifl, and falkn fromgrace, whofomer,.;ll btt iuftifo4h the La,.e, as thc.Romane Ch~rch at this day. They 13y oul' 4o8:rine maiqt~ncth loof~IJ~ffc: of obita. life, by exduding all works,from iulli.~~~i.on. l .An{. Thpugh wee cxc!udc the q~{;;Yio.r!ces Ad\.,.u, frorn iuqi~ca~ion, yet ,we; debarrc c~·~m .not I from.Chr:iflian conucrfatiP.n,but the.rin:~~gl!ire .themosf~uits of the rpit;~;plentifully:,O~.But obi,a. it is abfilld (ray they) tpat·on,e man mjly_9c,iu- l llificdby,~c.;rightcouG\'!feof anotljc;r.z,An[, Aofw". .Adams fiJH'IC ~s made ml~s, and they~ !'l~ruailc I not at.it ;-what grcatcrJaqfurditie isit,,,t:hat the D fecond ..Adams Qbcdie11c.c .J' !lnfwering_ .~o ~he I firll AdA.'T!' finne, lhould-b,~·ours iq;!*\;")an- : pefhc 1 ~ ... ground i~ th~.: E~ctpta~~~IT;·/,or11, 16 , er:and. aJJtwe, .IJhwitttr 411d1Jfthrhoi:J G~ofl, heca"!'ot I enter int• the kjngdome •f God; :Ioh. 3., 5,, Jr; which obfcrue firll th.~pl!'auing, fe.condly,,~pe weight, tpirdly, theadu£~ra(iCS, Int~c fiJ,~ c6- (1der tw~ pojms :firfi,,\)',hat 1 it ~s to be_;~r~Je a... gainc: fecp\\>l)y,of whaq)C:cellitic it is~f,or th<> former, ~e pmft knowe,~hat thqetnwJ~<b_.c:e !n him tha,t i~borne ogain.~1t.~0,ee things ;,f}dj,are: all cha.ng~(rpm one toapothcr.Sccq~c!)y,tpfre mufi be a roo.tc from whence this chat,'!gc. P"!-a)i ariCc. Tl)irdly,newe life. Firll, the cligggc is, ·when' ~.n ofamcqc n:uuralllllan i$1~4c a
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