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III. I believe that unskilful contending with the Papists hath occasioned all this, while in the heats of Controversy men bend all their wits to disgrace the Doctrine of their adversaries, not fearing enough unsafe expressions and contrary extremes while they seem to serve their present turn: And then departing from Scripture terms as necessary to set their hearers far enough from their adversaries, are next carried into a multitude of new made articles or notions, contrary also to Scripture sense, when they have once thus left the words.

III. I believe that unskilful contending with the Papists hath occasioned all this, while in the heats of Controversy men bend all their wits to disgrace the Doctrine of their adversaries, not fearing enough unsafe expressions and contrary extreams while they seem to serve their present turn: And then departing from Scripture terms as necessary to set their hearers far enough from their adversaries, are next carried into a multitude of new made articles or notions, contrary also to Scripture sense, when they have once thus left the words.

IV. I believe that most honest, plain, less learned Christians, and the throughly studied and learned ⟨p. 116⟩Teachers, agree in the true sense of the Doctrine of Justification which the half studied contenders make to seem more difficult than it is, and muddy it by their unlearned questions and words. That is, all plain Christians hold, that [Christ God and Man is our only Saviour who obeyed, suffered and intercedeth for us, as a Mediator, and is become as redeemer the Lord of all, even of Nature, Grace and Glory, and hath merited, purchased and made a Covenant and Law of Grace, that whoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life; offering his Grace to all, and effectually giving it to some; And that as our King and Lord Redeemer he governeth us by this Law, and requireth Faith and Repentance of all that will be pardoned, and sincere obedience to the end, of all that will be glorified; and as he pardoneth all past sin at our Conversion, so to those that believe and sincerely obey him, he pardoneth all their following sins; and as he maketh them righteous by giving them his Spirit to perform the conditions of pardon, adoption and Salvation, and by forgiving all their sins, and freely giving them right to life Eternal, for the sake of his Sacrifice and Merits, so he accordingly virtually justifieth them by his Covenant, and so esteemeth them, and will so use them, and will so judge them finally by his Sentence hereafter, and will receive them as so justified and adopted to his Glory.]