The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

The first use of the point is this, we have here a ground of confutation of the Church of Rome: I will not accuse them wrongfully, but lay the charge upon them according to their own words, and it shall appear how they have wholly perverted the wisdom of the Lord, in this great point of justification, look into the 6. Session, and the 7. Chapter of the Council of Trent; you that are wise and have read it, observe it; you that never did read it, I will read it to you: the words of the Council are these, which is a confirmed doctrine, and unto which they are all bound generally to subscribe, & is taken for the doctrine of the church of Rome: the words run thus, That the alone formal cause for which a sinner is justified in the sight of God, it is justice implanted, • a new quality of grace and holiness wrought in the soul, and not the merits and obedience of Christ imputed to the soul. Imputation argueth that I have and do nothing, but another hath, and another doth for me, and imputes it to me• the Church of Rome professedly holds the contrary, and punctually point blank in the force of contradiction: they are the very words of the Council, the alone formal cause, and that which gives life and being to the justification of a sinner; it is the change and frame of holiness wrought in him, not imputed to him, this is professedly contrary.

The first use of the point is this, we have here a ground of confutation of the Church of Rome: I will not accuse them wrongfully, but lay the charge upon them according to their own words, and it shall appeare how they have wholly perverted the wisedome of the Lord, in this great point of justification, look into the 6. Session, and the 7. Chapter of the Councell of Trent; you that are wise and have read it, observe it; you that never did read it, I will read it to you: the words of the Councell are these, which is a confirmed doctrine, and unto which they are all bound generally to subscribe, & is taken for the doctrine of the church of Rome: the words run thus, That the alone formall cause for which a sinner is justified in the sight of God, it is justice implanted, • a new quality of grace and holines wrought in the soule, and not the merits and obedience of Christ imputed to the soule. Imputation argueth that I have and doe nothing, but another hath, and another doth for mee, and imputes it to me• the Church of Rome profesly holds the contrary, and punctually point blanke in the force of contradiction: they are the very words of the Councell, the alone formall cause, and that which gives life and being to the justification of a sinner; it is the change and frame of holinesse wrought in him, not impured to him, this is profesy contrary.