The marrow of true justification, or, Justification without works containing the substance of two…

10 Arg. All Works done by the Creature, are excluded in point of Justification▪ I prove thus; If any one Man was justified without Works or sincere Obedience, or through Faith only; then all Works of Obedience, &c. are excluded: But the Thief on the C•oss was justified without Works of Obedience; and so are all Infants that die in Infancy that are saved; the Matter of Justification is one and the same; the Balsam that cures our Malady is all one in Infants and in Adult Persons; 'tis Christ's Death, Christ's Blood, the Merits of Jesus Christ; or 'tis his active and passive Obedience, which is our only Righteousness to discharge us from Sin and Condemnation: Though the Mode or Manner of the Application thereof may be different to the Adult, 'tis by Faith only; to Infants in a more secret and hidden Manner, not known to us.

Nay, Abraham, David and Paul, were not justified by inherent Righteousness, but by Faith without Works of Obedience; and as Abraham was justified, so are all his spiritual and true Seed; to them, and every one of them, is Faith imputed to Justification or Righteousness, even by Faith alone without Works as Paul proveth, Rom. 4. 3, 4, 5.

11 Arg. Is, Because Christ is tendered or offered to Sinners as Sinners; not as righteous Persons, but as ungodly ones, without any previous Qualifications required of them to fit themselves to receive Christ; they are all as poor, lost, undone, weary, and heavy laden Sinners required to believe in Christ, or venture their Souls upon him, though they have no Money, no Righteousness; if they have, they must cast it away, in point of Dependence, Trust, or Justification: These are they, Christ came to call; these are they he invites to come to him; these are they he came to seek and to save, who see nothing of Good in themselves; but contrariwise, are sensible of their filthy Hearts and abominable Lives: And yet though it be thus, if they come to Christ, believe truly in Christ, they shall at that very Instant be justified, which Faith or Divine Grace will soon make them holy and sanctify them; for holy Habits are at that very instant infused into them, though Sanctification is a gradual Work: This being so, it follows all Works done by the Creature are excluded, in point of Justification of a Sinner before God. What said Paul to the ungodly Jailer, when he cried out, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved and thy house,