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It is an absurd contradiction to say that a man hath any Righteousness that doth not so far constitute […] ; as it is to say that a man hath Learning W•t, Honesty, Goodness, which do not so far make him Learned, Wise Honest or Good: Or the Paper hath whiteness that maketh it not white.

It is an a•surd contradiction to say that a man hath any Righteousness that doth not so far constitute 〈…〉 ; as it is to say that a man hath Learning W•t, Honesty, Goodness, which do not so far make him Learned, Wise Honest or Good: Or the Paper hath whiteness that maketh it not white.

3. But we ever distinguish between Total Righteousness and Partial, in tantum or secundum quid: And between that Righteousness in tantum which Salvation is laid on, and that which is of small concern: And also between Christs part and mans. And so we still say, 1. That Christs part needeth no supplement from ours; nor do we perform the least t•at belongs to him. 2. But his own Law, Will and Covenant, hath laid a necessary part on us. 3. That by this we are no further justified than in tantum, as it is a Righteousness of ours; that is, Faith in it self as such, justifieth us only against the false Charge of Infidelity; Repentance only against the false Charge of Impenitency; Holiness and Sincerity against the false Charge of unholiness and hypocrisy, &c. But, as the Condition of the Covenant, they prove our right to Christ and Life: And so as the Donation in the Gospel is the Titulus […] fundamentum jury ; so Faith and Repentance are the Conditio tituli.

3. But we ever distinguish between Total Righteousness and Partial, in tantum or secundum quid: And betw•en that Righteousness in tantum which Salvation is laid on, and that which is of small concern: And also between Christs part and mans. And so we still say, 1. That Christs part needeth no supplement from ours; nor do we perform the least tat belongs to him. 2. But his own Law, Will and Covenant, hath laid a necessary part on us. 3. That by this we are no further justified than in tantum, as it is a Righteousness of ours; that is, Faith in it self as such, justifieth us only against the false Charge of Infidelity; Repentance only against the false Charge of Impenitency; Holiness and Sincerity against the false Charge of unholiness and hypocrisie, &c. But, as the Condition of the Covenant, they prove our right to Christ and Life: And so as the Donation in the Gospel is the Titulus fundamentum iuri ; so Faith and Repentance are the Conditio tituli.