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

Answ. 1. This is sufficiently answered in the former. 2. Paul hence immediately concludeth that Righteousness comes not only on the Circumcision: whence you may see what works he means. 3. Your selves expound the foregoing term ungodly, of men that have not adequate holiness, though sincere; therefore you must so take this equipollent term [without works] for [without that adequate holiness]: but it follows not, that therefore its without any humane act. 4. Yet still I grant this also, that its without any humane act, considered as the matter of a Legal righteousness, or as opposite to Christ, or co-ordinate with him: but not without any humane act, as subordinate to Christ, and as the matter of that Evangelical righteousness which is required in this Constitution [Repent and Believe the Gospel] viz. sincerely.

Treat. pag. 223. And indeed it is at last confessed, that its faith only that makes the contract between God and the soul: that good works are not required to this initial consenting unto Christ, so as to make him ours, but in the progress. This is that in effect, which the Papists affirm in other words, That the first Justification is only by faith, but the second by good works.

Answ. How would you have your Reader understand these two insinuations? 1. Have I so oft asserted that which you call my Confession, and put it into an Index of distinctions, least it should be over-looked, and told you as much so long ago in private writings, and do you now come out with an [Its at last confessed.] I hope you would not intimate that ever I denied it: or that ever I wrote Book of that subject, wherein I did not expressly aver it. But then (that you think not better of me then I deserve) I must tell you, that when I still excluded works from our begun Justification, it was external Obedience, and not Repentance, nor those acts of faith (even the Receiving ⟨p. 110⟩