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

Ans. This is plainer dealing than we had before. If this were true, 1. We are as righteous as Christ. 2. We may deny that ever we were sinners; for had we done all this our selves, that is, kept the Law perfectly from first to last, we had never sinned. 3. We had never deserved punishment; 4. Nor needed a Sacrifice; 5. Or a Pardon; 6. Nor should we, during the time of our unregeneracy, have been left under spiritual death, or at least, after believing, be left under remaining sin, and a body of death; 7. Nor have been penally deprived of any help of the Spirit; 8. Nor of any Communion with God; 9. Nor so long be kept out of Heaven, or the Reward; 10. Nor ever have been corrected; 11. Nor ever had need of Word, Prayer or Sacraments for the helping us to renewed Pardon; 12. Nor ever have died and rotted in a grave; 13. Nor would the Magistrates Execution of Justice on us for our crimes be owned as Gods Justice. 14. All men wou•d have the same degree of Innocency and Holiness. ⟨p. 111⟩15. It would have been a wrong to us, when we had perfectly kept the Law of Innocency, to suspend our right to Pardon and Salvation upon new Conditions in a new Covenant. 16. We having perfectly kept the Law of Innocency as to the death, as soon as we believe, cannot be under another Law of the Redeemer that hath the true uses of a Law. 17. Our own actions besides Christs) are not capable of Reward or Punishment. 18. All the Texts of Scripture that mention inherent or practical personal Righteousness, would contradict our imputed Righteousness, or make us supererogate, and be more than perfectly righteous. 19. We need not fear that any new crime should diminish our Righteousness which is perfect, and can neither increase or decrease. 20. Whether we should not be as righteous on Earth (even under Davids or Peters sin) as in Heaven? and whether we should be Deified by being divinely righteous, and justified by Gods Essential Righteousness, as Andr. Osiand•r taught, I leave to be considered, as you further explain your self.

So much to your Epitome, which if I wrong you by judging it all your own, it is long of your self that own it as aforesaid in the gross: If the Dr. be wronged, it is by you, and not by me.