The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…

Fourthly, As the Doctrine it self is by peculiar revelation, ¹so the Scripture hath proper words to express it by, which we must wholly attend to. This would be a good Pillar and Cloud to direct us; for then men began to decline from the truth, when they left off a diligent search of the use of the word in the Scriptures. What makes it so confidently and generally asserted by Papists, that Justification is a transmutation, a change from the state of unrighteousness to the state of holiness, but only neglect of the Scripture-use of this word?

Fourthly, As the Doctrine it self is by peculiar revelation, ¹so the Scripture hath proper words to expresse it by, which we must wholly attend to. This would be a good Pillar and Cloud to direct us; for then men began to decline from the truth, when they left off a diligent search of the use of the word in the Scriptures. What makes it so confidently and generally asserted by Papists, that Justification is a transmutation, a change from the state of unrighteousnesse to the state of holinesse, but only neglect of the Scripture-use of this word?

1. 14 The Scripture hath proper words to express this doctrine by.4 The Scripture hath proper words to expresse this doctrine by.

And though this matter was agitated seven months in the Council of Trent, yet because they did not follow the Star of the Scripture, they came not to the lodging where Christ was. There are some kind of words, which the Scripture takes from the common use and custom amongst men, and they are to be interpreted as commonly they are taken; but then there are other words, which the Scripture doth peculiarly use, as being subservient to express that peculiar matter, which the holy Ghost only teacheth, and such is this word, to justify, for the greek word [Greek or Hebrew], is observed by learned men to have two significations, one to punish a man, or condemn hm, which is clean contrary to the Apostle his use of the word; or else to determine and judge a thing as just, but then it doth not come up to the Apostles meaning; for he speaks of persons, but the Grecians use it of things themselves: Thus the word justificare is not used by any approved humane Authors, no more then sanctificare and glorificare. As therefore we must go to the Scripture only for the knowledge of the nature of the thing, so we must express it in such words as the holy Ghost useth; and this is the ground which hath made our learned men call upon all to consider the Grammatical use of the words in this matter.