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,…

Having laid down these introductory Propositions, which describe most of the matter or nature of Justification, I shall now come to show, wherein it doth particularly consist, wherein the true nature is,¹ only let me premise two or three Cautions.

Having laid down these introductory Propositions, which describe most of the matter or nature of Justification, I shall now come to shew, wherein it doth particularly consist, wherein the true nature is,¹ onely let me prem•se two or three Cautions.

1. 1Cautions concerning justification.

1. We must not confound those things, which may be consequent, or concomitant to justification, ¹with justification it self, for many ⟨p. 15⟩things may necessarily be together, and yet one not be the other; so Justification is necessarily joined with Renovation, yet a man is not justified in having a new nature put into him: The water hath both moistness and coldness in it, yet it doth not wash away spots as it is cold, but as it is moist. We will not enter into dispute (as some of the Schoolmen have, and concluded affirmatively) Whether God may not accept of a sinner to eternal life, without any inward change of that mans heart: It is enough that by Scripture we know he doth not.

1. We must not confound those things, which may be consequent, or concomitant to justification, ¹