But that Works are not excluded from being conditions of our justification, or the matter of it in any of these following respects: 1. That Faith it self, which is our act, and an act of Obedience to God, and is the fiducial accepting belief in God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, for the benefits of the Covenant, is the condition of our first Covenant right to these Benefits. 2. That this Faith is not actual Obedience to Christ as Christ (at first, but only to God as God). But it is the Souls subjection to Christ as Christ, which is our Covenant-consent to our future Obedience, and virtually, though not actually, containeth our future Obedience in it. 3. That there is somewhat of love, consent or willingness, of Desire, of Hope, of Repentance, which goeth to make up this moral work of Faith, as it is the condition; even our first Christianity it self. 4. That as the making of a Covenant is for the performing of it, and subjection is for Obedience and Marriage for conjugal Duties, so our said first Covenanting-Faith is for our future Faith, Hope, Comfort, and grateful Obedience and Holiness: And these are the secondary parts of ⟨p. 123⟩the condition of Salvation: And so are the secondary parts of our Justifications, condition as continued or not-lost, and consummate: For to justify us, is, as is said, to justify our Right to Impunity and Glory. •. That, as is said, our own performance of the condition of the free Gift of Impunity and Glory, by the New Covenant purchased by Christ's Righteousness, is the thing to be tried and judged in Gods judgment; And therefore we must so far be then justified from the charge of •ot performing that condition, of being Infidels, unsanctified impenitent Hypocrites, Apostates, and so of having no part in Christ and the free Gift, even by our personal Evangelical Faith, Holiness, Repentance, sincerity and Perseverance. And all this justification by Works St. James •s for, and it is undeniable by any thing but prejudice, ignorance, and •ding peevishness. Let the Reader of quick understanding pardon my repeating the same thing, which others will not yet understand.
But that Works are not excluded from being conditions of our justification, or the matter of it in any of these following respects: 1. That Faith it self, which is our act, and an act of Obedience to God, and is the •iducial accepting belief in God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, for the benefits of the Covenant, is the condition of our first Covenantright to these Benefits. 2. That this Faith is not actual Obedience to Christ as Christ (at first, but only to God as God). But it is the Souls subjection to Christ as Christ, which is our Covenant-consent to our future Obedience, and virtually, though not actually, containeth our future Obedience in it. 3. That there is somewhat of love, consent or willingness, of Desire, of Hope, of Repentance, which goeth to make up this moral work of Faith, as it is the condition; even our first Christianity it self. 4. That as the making of a Covenant is for the performing of it, and subjection is for Obedience and Marriage for conjugal Duties, so our said first Covenanting-Faith is for our future Faith, Hope, Comfort, and grateful Obedience and Holiness: And these are the secondary parts of ⟨p. 123⟩the condition of Salvation: And so are the secondary parts of our Justifications, condition as continued or not-lost, and consummate: For to justifie us, is, as is said, to justifie our Right to Impunity and Glory. •. That, as is said, our own performance of the condition of the free Gift of Impunity and Glory, by the New Covenant purchased by Christ's Righteousness, is the thing to be tried and judged in Gods judgment; And therefore we must so far be then justified from the charge of •ot performing that condition, of being Infidels, unsanctified impeni•ent Hypocrites, Apostates, and so of having no part in Christ and the free Gift, even by our personal Evangelical Faith, Holiness, Repentance, •incerity and Perseverance. And all this justification by Works St. James •s for, and it is undeniable by any thing but prejudice, ignorance, and •ding pievishness. Let the Reader of quick understanding pardon my •epeating the same thing, which others will not yet understand.
