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

Answ. I deny your consequence. If the formal cause consist in remission and imputation as you say, then Christs meritorious righteousness is none of the Form, but the Matter. And if besides that Matter a subservient particular righteousness (of faith) be necessary as the condition of our Title to Christ; this makes not two forms of this Justification. 2. And yet I grant you that it infers a subservient Justification that hath another form, when you are made a Believer, or justified against the false charge of being no Believer (or penitent) this is not remission of sin, but another form and thing.

Mr. W. 7. That which maketh void Christs death, cannot be absolutely necessary to Justification. But legal righteousness makes void his Death, Gal. 2.21.

Answ. Its a sad case that we must be charged with making void Christs Death, for saying that he is legally Righteous, by satisfying and fulfilling the Law; and that this is all the legal righteousness that we have. I am bold therefore to deny the Minor: yea and to reverse it on you, and tell you, that he that denieth Christs legal Righteousness, denieth both his death and obedience. The Text Gal. 2.21. speaks not of the Law, as fulfilled by Christ, but by us. Righteousness comes not by our keeping the Law, but it came by Christs keeping it: yet so, that the Gospel only giveth us that righteousness of his.

Answ. Its a sad case that we must be charged with making void Christs Death, for saying that he is legally Righteous, by satisfying and fulfilling the Law; and that this is all the legal righteousness that we have. I am bold therefore to deny the Minor: yea and to reverse it on you, and tell you, that he that denyeth Christs legal Righteousness, denyeth both his death and obedience. The Text