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8. The Protestants say, that a man cannot be justified or saved without an actual faith in Christ (or being the Infant of a ⟨p. 275⟩believer Dedicated to Christ) and that this faith must extend to all things that are Essential to Christianity. But what the Papists say of the Justification and Salvation of Infidels, if they believe in the Pope, you heard in their own words in the last Detection. A comfortable doctrine to the unbelieving world, to whom God hath spoken no such Comfort.

We confess that those that never had the Gospel, are under the Law of nature or works, and that the penalty of this is such as God can in some cases dispense with (or else we could not be saved by Christ) and so that all Pagans are not under the Peremptory undispensable threatening of the Gospel against final Privative unbelievers: But yet, though God may pardon some of these, he hath made them no promise that he will; and therefore they can have no positive hope grounded on a promise; nor can any man say, that God will save any of them, or that he will not; it being certain that they are under the condemnation of the Law, which God can dispense with, in ways of security to his Justice and Ends, but uncertain whether he will or not; and therefore is to be left among his unrevealed things. The true believer is under a certain promise of salvation. The unbeliever that hath had the Gospel, or might have had it and would not, is under the Gospel sentence of damnation, which is certain and irreversible, if he die in that Condition. The negative unbeliever that never had or could have the Gospel, is under the Condemning sentence of the Law (of works or nature,) that is, his sin Deserveth eternal death; but this sentence is not peremptory and indispensable; but yet it is such as God will not dispense with rashly, but on terms that may secure his Ends and Justice. This is the true mean between extremes in this weighty point.

We confess that those that never had the Gospel, are under the Law of nature or works, and that the penalty of this is such as God can in some cases dispense with (or else we could not be saved by Christ) and so that all Pagans are not under the Peremptory undispensable threatning of the Gospel against final Privative unbelievers: But yet, though God may pardon some of these, he hath made them no promise that he will; and therefore they can have no positive hope grounded on a promise; nor can any man say, that God will save any of them, or that he will not; it being certain that they are under the condemnation of the Law, which God can dispense with, in wayes of security to his Justice and Ends, but uncertain whether he will or not; and therefore is to be left among his unrevealed things. The true believer is under a certain promise of salvation. The unbeliever that hath had the Gospel, or might have had it and would not, is under the Gospel sentence of damnation, which is certain and irreversible, if he die in that Condition. The negative unbeliever that never had or could have the Gospel, is under the Condemning sentence of the Law (of works or nature,) that is, his sin Deserveth eternal death; but this sentence is not peremptory and indispensable; but yet it is such as God will not dispense with rashly, but on terms that may secure his Ends and Justice. This is the true mean between extreams in this weighty point.