The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines…

A Prince in India buyeth the Irish Rebels that had forfeited their lives, of the King, that they may la• down Arms, and go with him, and become his Subjects: He promiseth to every one of them a Lordship in India, a safe Ship thither, and pardon here; some call him a Deceiver, and distrust him: He tells them, if they Trust him, he will perform all this. Here Trust, the Formal Act, includeth as the Material Acts; 1. Assenting to his Word as True; 2. Consenting to his Offer and Terms; 3. Practically venturing to lay down Arms, and go with him in the Ship, and forsake their own Country.

A Prince in India buyeth the Irish Rebels that had forfeited their lives, of the King, that they may la• down Arms, and go with him, and become his Subjects: He promiseth to every one of them a Lordship in India, a safe Ship thither, and pardon here; some call him a Deceiver, and distrust him: He tells them, if they Trust him, he will perform all this. Here Trust, the Formal Act, includeth as the Material Acts; 1. Assenting to his Word as True; 2. Consenting to his Off•r and Terms; 3. Practically venturing to lay down Arms, and go with him in the Ship, and forsake their own Countrey.

Such is Faith in Christ, when it is made the Condition of Justification and Life. The Formal and Material Acts together constitute Faith, and not the Formal, or one of the Material (Assent) alone. (Nor hath Bishop Downame well confuted Mr. Pemble about the Formal Act.) In a word (true and plain) Baptism, our christening, best tells us the Essence of Justifying Faith: For that is the Sealing to us the •u•••fying Covenant, that it may actually and solemnly deliver to us our part in Christ, and right to Pardon and Life, which is given us on no lower terms, than the Fiducial Assent, Consent and Dedication professed by us essentially in Baptism.

Such is Faith in Christ, when it is made the Condition of Justification and Life. The Formal and Materil Acts together constitute Faith, and not the Formal, or one of the Material (Assent) alone. (Nor hath Bishop Downame well confuted Mr. Pemble about the Formal Act.) In a word (true and plin) Baptism, our hristening, best tells us the Essence of Justiyin Faith: For that is the Sealing to us the ufying Covenant, that it may actually and solemnly deliver to us our part in Christ, and riht to Pardon and Life, which is given us on no lower terms, than the Fiducial Assent, Consent and Dedication professed by us essentially in Baptism.