The Doctrine of Justification by Faith

From the want of a due comprehension of this divine Harmony it is, that the minds of men are filled with Imaginations of an Inconsistency between the most important parts of the mystery of the Gospel, from whence the confusions that are at this day in Christian Religion do proceed.

Thus the Socinians can see no consistency between the Grace or Love of God, and the satisfaction of Christ, but imagine if the one of them be admitted, the other must be excluded out of our Religion. Wherefore they principally oppose the latter under a pretence of asserting and vindicating the former. And where these things are expressly conjoined in the same proposition of Faith; as where it is said that we are justified freely by the Grace of God, through the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus; whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through Faith in his Blood, as Rom. 3.24, 25. they will offer violence unto common sense and Reason, rather then not disturb that Harmony which they cannot understand. For although it be plainly affirmed to be a Redemption by his Blood, as he is a propitiation, as his Blood was a Ransom or price of Redemption, yet they will contend, there it is only metaphorical, a mere deliverance by power, like that of the Israelites by Moses. But these things are clearly stated in the Gospel, and therefore not only consistent, but such as ⟨p. 65⟩that the one cannot subsist without the other. Nor is there any mention of any especial Love or Grace of God unto sinners, but with respect unto the satisfaction of Christ as the means of the communication of all their effects unto them. See Joh. 3.16. Rom. 3.23, 24, 25. chap. 8.30, 31, 32, 33. 2 Cor. 5.19, 20, 21. Ephes. 1.7