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

2. I distinguish of Justifying, quoad modum procurandi, or of the distinct Interests of mens actions therein, signified in the preposition [By.] Paul speaks of Justification [By] ⟨p. 103⟩works, as by valuable deserving causes, or procatarctike causes, moving God to justify us by their worth, or by some true causality procuring it. But James speaks of Works as supposing the perfect Satisfaction and Merit of Christ, and that all that is valuable to the causal procurement of our Justification is to be found in him alone, and therefore he leaves no causality herein to works but takes them as a mere condition, which cease suspending when performed. For the efficiency of a condition, is only in suspending till performed: And so Rebellion can suspend; when the ceasing of that Rebellion by obedience, doth not cause, but only cease suspending.

2. I distinguish of Justifying, quoad modum procurandi, or of the distinct Interests of mens actions therein, signified in the preposition [By.] Paul speaks of Justification [By] ⟨p. 103⟩works, as by valuable deserving causes, or procatarctike causes, moving God to justifie us by their worth, or by some true causality procuring it. But Iames speaks of Works as supposing the perfect Satisfaction and Merit of Christ, and that all that is valuable to the causal procurement of our Justification is to be found in him alone, and therefore he leaves no causality herein to works but takes them as a meer condition, which cease suspending when performed. For the efficiency of a condition, is only in suspending till performed: And so Rebellion can suspend; when the ceasing of that Rebellion by obedience, doth not cause, but only cease suspending.

Now I answer to your Minor, that Abraham was not justified by works in Pauls sense, but he was in James's sense, unless you will own the saying which you chide Althamer for. (Though I must say that in his Conciliationes Loc. Script. Althamer deals more mannerly with James.) Abraham was not justified by works, as making the Reward of debt, and not of grace: for he had no such works: But Abraham was justified 1. By the act of faith, as a condition: therefore by an act under some notion. I know of few Divines that deny that faith is a condition of Justification. 2. However you confess your self that Abraham was Justified by faith as an instrument: and you say that it was by the act of faith (and not the habit.) And though you take this to be but a nominal act, and really a Passion, yet so do not others: for herein you are more singular (a thousand to one, as far as I am able to understand) then I am in the Doctrine which you charge with singularity. 3. The faith that Abraham was justified by, was not only a bare apprehension of Christs Righteousness, but a receiving of Christ as Christ, which is called, Works, by your party. 4. It was either By or Because of his External Obedience, that Abraham was justified. Proved. 1 By