Of justification four disputations clearing and amicably defending the truth against the unnecessary oppositions…

Sometime the word Justification is taken for a transient Act of God that maketh or conduceth to a change upon the extrinsic object. And so first, Its sometime taken by some Divines, for a Conditional Justification, which is but an act that hath a tendency to that change; and this is not actual Justification. Secondly, Sometime it is taken for actual Justification, and that is threefold. First, Constitutive: Secondly, Sentential: thirdly, executive. First, Constitutive Justification, is first either in the ⟨p. 72⟩qualities of the soul, by inherent holiness; which is first perfect, such Adam (once) and the Angels, and Christ had; secondly, or Imperfect, such as the sanctified here have. Secondly, Or its in our Relations: when we are pardoned and receive our Right to Glory: This is an act of God in Christ by the free Gift of the Gospel, or Law of Grace: and it is first, The first putting a sinner into a state of Righteousness, out of a state of Guilt. Secondly, Or it is the continuing him in that state, and the renewing of particular pardon upon particular sins. Secondly, Sentential pardon or Justification, is, first, by that Manifestation which God makes before the Angels in heaven. Secondly, at the day of Judgement before all the world. Thirdly, Executive Justification, viz. the execution of the aforesaid sentence, (less properly called Justification, and more properly called pardon) consisteth in taking off the punishment inflicted, and forbearing the punishment deserved, and giving possession of the happiness adjudged us: so that it is partly in this life, viz. in giving the spirit, and outward mercies, and freeing us from judgements (And thus sanctification it self is a part of Justification) and partly in the life to come, in freeing us from Hell, and possessing us of Glory.

Sometime the word Justification is taken for a transient Act of God that maketh or conduceth to a change upon the extrinsick object. And so first, Its sometime taken by some Divines, for a Conditional Justification, which is but an act that hath a tendency to that change; and this is not actual Justification. Secondly, Sometime it is taken for actual Justification, and that is threefold. First, Constitutive: Secondly, Sentential: thirdly, executive. First, Constitutive Justification, is first either in the ⟨p. 72⟩qualities of the soul, by inherent holyness; which is first perfect, such Adam (once) and the Angels, and Christ had; secondly, or Imperfect, such as the sanctified here have. Secondly, Or its in our Relations: when we are pardoned and receive our Right to Glory: This is an act of God in Christ by the free Gift of the Gospel, or Law of Grace: and it is first, The first putting a sinner into a state of Righteousness, out of a state of Guilt. Secondly, Or it is the continuing him in that state, and the renewing of particular pardon upon particular sins. Secondly, Sentential pardon or Justification, is, first, by that Manifestation which God makes before the Angels in heaven. Secondly, at the day of Judgement before all the world. Thirdly, Executive Justification, viz. the execution of the aforesaid sentence, (less properly called Justification, and more properly called pardon) consisteth in taking off the punishment inflicted, and forbearing the punishment deserved, and giving possession of the happiness adjudged us: so that it is partly in this life, viz. in giving the spirit, and outward mercies, and freeing us from judgements (And thus sanctification it self is a part of Justification) and partly in the life to come, in freeing us from Hell, and possessing us of Glory.