The truly blessed man

A. There is occasion to make this enquiry here, because the disputes about it, which began from the first planting of the Churches by the Apostles, ⟨p. 108⟩are not yet at an end; nor do Papists only continue to maintain their Doctrine of merit, and th• confounding of Justification with Sanctification; but there are others, who call themselves Protestants, and are not willing to be counted Arminia•• neither; who go about to depreciate the free Grace of God in pardoning and justifying of us▪ who, whiles they ascribe all to Christ as the meritorious cause, yet find the matter of our Justification in us, which they would have to be our Sanctification, and New-Obedience, our faith and Repentance, and Holiness: and they make these not only necessarily concomitant, but an essential part of our Justification. Give me leave then to clear up this matter, and show the mistake of such an opinion in the following Conclusions.

A. There is occasion to make this enquiry here, because the disputes about it, which began from the first planting of the Churches by the Apostles, ⟨p. 108⟩are not yet at an end; nor do Papists only continue to maintain their Doctrine of merit, and th• confounding of Justification with Sanctification; but there are others, who call themselves Protestants, and are not willing to be counted Arminia•• neither; who go about to depreciate the free Grace of God in pardoning and justifying of us▪ who, whiles they ascribe all to Christ as the meritorious cause, yet find the matter of our Justification in us, which they would have to be our Sanctification, and New-Obedience, our faith and Repentance, and Holiness: and they make these not only necessarily concomitant, but an essential part of our Justification. Give me leave then to clear up this matter, and shew the mistake of such an opinion in the following Conclusions.