The Doctrine of Justification by Faith

But he is so far from any such Plea, that when the most unavoidable occasion was administered unto it, he not only waves any mention of it, but in its stead affirms that which plainly evidenceth that he allowed not of it. See Eph. 2.9, 10. Having positively excluded Works from our Justification, not of Works least any man should boast, it being natural thereon to enquire, to what end do Works serve, or is there any necessity of them? instead of a distinction of Works legal and Evangelical in order unto our Justification, he asserts the necessity of the later on other Grounds, Reasons and Motives, manifesting that they were those in particular which he excluded, as we have seen in the consideration of the place; Wherefore that we may not forsake his pattern and example in the same cause, seeing he was Wiser and Holier, knew more of the mind of God, and had more zeal for personal Righteousness and Holiness in the Church than we all, if we are pressed a Thousand times with this objection we shall never seek to deliver our selves from it, by answering that we allow these things to be the condition, or causes of our Justification, or the matter of our Righteousness before God, seeing he would not so do.

But he is so far from any such Plea, that when the most unavoidable occasion was administred unto it, he not only waves any mention of it, but in its stead affirms that which plainly evidenceth that he allowed not of it. See Eph. 2.9, 10. Having positively excluded Works from our Justification, not of Works least any man should boast, it being natural thereon to enquire, to what end do Works serve, or is there any necessity of them? instead of a distinction of Works legal and Evangelical in order unto our Justification, he asserts the necessity of the later on other Grounds, Reasons and Motives, manifesting that they were those in particular which he excluded, as we have seen in the consideration of the place; Wherefore that we may not forsake his pattern and example in the same cause, seeing he was Wiser and Holier, knew more of the mind of God, and had more zeal for personal Righteousness and Holiness in the Church than we all, if we are pressed a Thousand times with this objection we shall never seek to deliver our selves from it, by answering that we allow these things to be the condition, or causes of our Justification, or the matter of our Righteousness before God, seeing he would not so do.