Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

Having thus removed the Antinomian Error out of the way, I shall resume my first Proposition, That Justification is an holy fruit growing upon Faith; in the very instant of believing a man is justified; this doth appear several ways.

Having thus removed the Antinomian Error out of the way, I shall resume my first Proposition, That Justification is an holy fruit growing upon Faith; in the very instant of believing a man is justified; this doth appear several waies.

First, In Justification there must be a matter or foundation; a Righteousness, and a perfect one, such as answers the law which man is under. The Law demands of us two things; perfect Obedience, due from us as rational Creatures, and penal Suffering, due from us as sinful Creatures. The first Gods holiness presses for in the Command, and the last Gods Justice calls for in the Threatening. ⟨p. 210⟩The Believer, who hath nothing in himself, hath enough in Christ to answer both. Christ fulfilled all the righteousness of the Command, and so satisfied Gods Holiness. Christ bore the curse of the Threatening, and so satisfied Gods Justice. Hence he is the end of the Law to the Believer, Rom. 10.4. as if the Apostle had said, Whatever the Law can ask, the total sum of it is in Christ, and from him redounding upon the Believer as a member of his body. It was a lamentable moan which Joannes Seneca made upon his Deathbed;¹ In vitâ nostrâ habuimus (said he) qui pro nobis chorum frequentarent, qui pro nobis agros colerent, qui pro nobis Missas celebrarent & horas canonicas orarent; sed ubi nunc unum reperiemus, qui pro nobis in Gehennam descendat: In this life we have those that will go to the Quire for us, and plough for us, and say Mass and pray canonically for us; but where is there one that will go to Hell for us? But the Believer (blessed man that he is) need not say who will go to Hell for me? Christ was made a Curse for him, neither need he ask, Who will fulfil perfect obedience for me? Christ hath done every jot and tittle thereof. The Believer is a man in Christ, and so stands in the pure robes, woven all of Love and Holiness, by his Saviour; unless the Law can find a spot or a false thread in these, he will be, must be recius in Curiâ; if the Law offer to hale him down to hell, he will do as Tamar, when brought forth to