A discourse of the true nature of the Gospel demonstrating that it is no…

The best which can be made of it amounts to no more than this, that their Gospel is a gracious Law of Works, a Law whose Exactions are not so hard and cruel as those of the Tyrannical Egyptians, to require Brick without Straw, a Law whose Commands are moderated, and its lesser degrees of Duty accommodated to the weakness of our present State; and therefore it is not all Work, but there is an Alloy of a great mixture of Grace. This seems to be fairly offered to compound the Business: but what if the Apostle refuseth the Composition? And indeed, in my poor Judgment, (if a Man may know his Meaning by his Words) it will not be admitted by him; for he opposeth the Gospel, or Law of Faith, to any Law of Works whatever, and however named gracious, or rendered attractive by any other amiable Titles.

The best which can be made of it amounts to no more than this, that their Gospel is a gracious Law of Works, a Law whose Exactions are not so hard and cruel as those of the Tyrannical Egyptians, to require Brick without Straw, a Law whose Commands are moderated, and its lesser degrees of Duty accommodated to the weakness of our present State; and therefore it is not all Work, bu there is an Alloy of a great mixture of Grace. This seems to be fairly offer'd to compound the Business: but what if the Apostle refuseth the Composition? And indeed, in my poor Judgment, (if a Man may know his Meaning by his Words) it will not be admitted by him; for he opposeth the Gospel, or Law of Faith, to any Law of Works whatever, and however named gracious, or rendred attractive by any other amiable Titles.

But in the Close of the Dispute, this Jesuit Contzen joyfully cries out, Victory; And what animated his Courage? Really it was only this, that he thought any more of his Learned Labours in this Affair were wholly superseded, by a great many of the Protestants owning the same Assertion (which he endeavoured ⟨p. 62⟩to prove) of the Gospel's being a new Law. But what are the Trophies of Conquest which he shows to this purpose? only Bertius the Arminian, who afterward turned Papist, and was advanced by the French King to be Professor of History at Paris