A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and…

Then farther thou art offended, because I said, When the Spirit of Christ convinceth, it convinceth of more sins than the sins against the law. Friend, will the law show a man that his righteousness is sin and dung? No. For though the law will show a man that his failing in the acts of righteousness is sin; yet I question, whether the law will show, that a man's own righteousness is sin. For there is in Scripture saith, it doth, or can. Secondly, show me, if thou canst, that the sin of unbelief is spoken against in all the Ten Commandments, or that called the Moral law. But now the Spirit of Christ convinceth of unbelief, that is; it showeth, that if men do not believe, that they have redemption by the obedience of that man who was laid in the manger, hanged on the Cross &c. I say, it showeth that those who do not lay hold on what he hath done and suffered without them in his own body on the tree (through the operation of his Spirit, which he hath promised to give to them that ask him) or else they have not yet been convinced of the sin of unbelief, and so are still in a perishing condition; notwithstanding their strict obedience, to the light within them, or to the law. And now tell me, you that desire to mingle the law and the Gospel together, and to make of both one and the same Gospel of Christ. Did you ever see your selves undone and lost, unless the righteousness, blood, death, resurrection and intercession of that man Christ Jesus (in his own person) was imputed to you? and until you could by faith own it as done for you, and counted yours by imputation, yea, or no? Nay, rather have you not set up your consciences, and the law, and counted your obedience to them better, and of more value, than the obedience of the Son of Mary without you, to be imputed to you? and if so, it is because you have not been savingly convinced by the Spirit of Christ, of the sin of unbelief.

Then farther thou art offended, because I said, When the Spirit of Christ convinceth, it convinceth of more sins than the sins against the law. Friend, will the law shew a man that his righteousnesse is sinne and dung? No. For though the law will shew a man that his failing in the acts of righteousnesse is sinne; yet I question, whether the law will shew, that a man's own righteousnesse is sinne. For there is in Scripture saith, it doth, or can. Secondly, shew mee, if thou canst, that the sinne of unbeliefe is spoken against in all the Ten Commandements, or that called the Morall law. But now the Spirit of Christ convinceth of unbelief, that is; it sheweth, that if men do not believe, that they have redemption by the obedience of that man who was laid in the manger, hanged on the Crosse &c. I say, it sheweth that those who do not lay hold on what he hath done and suffered without them in his own body on the tree (through the operation of his Spirit, which he hath promised to give to them that ask him) or else they have not yet been convinced of the sin of unbelief, and so are still in a perishing condition; notwithstanding their strict obedience, to the light within them, or to the law. And now tell me, you that desire to mingle the law and the Gospel together, and to make of both one and the same Gospel of Christ. Did you ever see your selvs undone and lost, unlesse the righteousnesse, blood, death, resurrection and intercession of that man Christ Jesus (in his own person) was imputed to you? and untill you could by faith owne it as done for you, and counted yours by imputation, yea, or no? Nay, rather have you not set up your consciences, and the law, and counted your obedience to them better, and of more value, than the obedience of the Son of Mary without you, to be imputed to you? and if so, it is because you have not been savingly convinced by the Spirit of Christ, of the sin of unbelief.