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faith_n alone_o without_o work_n i._n e._n by_o a_o live_n and_o work_v not_o a_o dead_a faith_n yet_o without_o work_n can_v we_o not_o be_v declare_v and_o manifest_v just_a unto_o man_n that_o which_o mr._n br._n have_v speak_v against_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o interpretation_n viz._n justification_n before_o man_n we_o have_v find_v to_o be_v either_o less_o or_o worse_o than_o nothing_o to_o the_o other_o viz._n the_o deny_v of_o justification_n to_o faith_n that_o be_v a_o counterfeit_n a_o false_a profession_n of_o faith_n he_o say_v nothing_o and_o why_o because_o he_o have_v not_o what_o to_o say_v therefore_o he_o stifle_v it_o in_o darkness_n will_v not_o have_v his_o reader_n hear_v of_o it_o for_o than_o actum_fw-la est_fw-la he_o must_v run_v to_o s._n francis_n or_o some_o other_o saint_n s._n james_n leave_v he_o in_o the_o mire_n it_o be_v no_o less_o ludicrous_a than_o fallacious_a that_o he_o turn_v the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n another_o way_n and_o dance_v round_o about_o it_o never_o come_v to_o that_o which_o our_o divine_n answer_v 1._o have_v devise_v pag._n 294._o that_o we_o say_v james_n speak_v of_o work_n as_o justify_v our_o faith_n not_o our_o person_n he_o do_v pa._n 296._o go_v about_o to_o prove_v that_o work_n justify_v the_o person_n not_o the_o faith_n only_o and_o who_o ever_o deny_v this_o position_n do_v not_o we_o all_o say_v that_o the_o holy_a life_n declare_v the_o truth_n of_o faith_n and_o therein_o justifi_v as_o to_o man_n the_o professor_n of_o it_o from_o all_o hypocrisy_n in_o make_v such_o a_o profession_n 2._o pag._n 297._o he_o fall_v foul_a with_o the_o ghost_n of_o sweet_a mr._n pemble_n for_o say_v that_o by_o faith_n and_o work_v james_n understand_v a_o work_a faith_n and_o after_o a_o sharp_a chide_n without_o examine_v his_o reason_n the_o matter_n whereof_o i_o have_v before_o examine_v at_o length_n p._n 298._o fetch_a breath_n he_o offer_v he_o peace_n and_o friendship_n upon_o condition_n that_o he_o will_v arise_v from_o the_o grave_n &_o say_v what_o mr._n baxter_n say_v but_o despair_v of_o that_o and_o conclude_v if_o he_o shall_v rise_v again_o from_o the_o dead_a he_o will_v still_o say_v with_o the_o protestant_a church_n and_o writer_n that_o fides_n solùm_fw-la justificat_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la fides_fw-la sola_fw-la faith_n alone_o justifi_v but_o not_o that_o faith_n which_o be_v alone_o without_o work_n because_o that_o alone_a faith_n be_v not_o a_o true_a faith_n he_o 3._o make_v a_o transition_n to_o fall_v out_o with_o all_o protestant_a church_n for_o attribute_v too_o much_o to_o faith_n in_o make_v it_o instrumental_a to_o justification_n that_o when_o believer_n be_v say_v to_o receive_v christ_n io._n 1._o 12._o and_o to_o receive_v abundance_n of_o grace_n and_o of_o the_o gift_n of_o righteousness_n rom._n 5._o 17._o we_o will_v not_o say_v they_o receive_v this_o christ_n this_o gift_n of_o his_o righteousness_n to_o justification_n without_o any_o receive_a instrument_n but_o make_v faith_n the_o instrument_n by_o which_o we_o receive_v the_o same_o p._n 299._o a_o most_o pernicious_a doctrine_n to_o mr._n baxters_n cause_n if_o it_o stand_v mr._n baxters_n justification_n by_o work_n in_o the_o same_o relation_n with_o faith_n as_o its_o concause_n must_v needs_o fall_v and_o tumble_v down_o to_o hell_n for_o work_n will_v not_o be_v bow_v into_o any_o instrumentality_n to_o cooperate_v with_o faith_n in_o receive_v christ_n and_o his_o righteousness_n when_o contrariwise_o if_o we_o will_v say_v as_o he_o do_v and_o which_o we_o must_v take_v his_o word_n without_o any_o further_a demonstration_n to_o be_v true_a then_o in_o despite_n of_o paul_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n our_o justification_n shall_v be_v part_v between_o faith_n and_o work_v and_o mr._n brs._n new_a gospel_n stand_v the_o gospel_n of_o grace_n be_v whole_o take_v out_o of_o the_o way_n as_o unprofitable_a but_o in_o all_o that_o he_o say_v he_o diligent_o keep_v off_o from_o speak_v a_o word_n to_o what_o our_o divine_n say_v in_o prove_v from_o james_n himself_o that_o he_o mean_v not_o true_a faith_n when_o he_o deny_v to_o the_o counterfeit_n or_o profession_n of_o it_o any_o efficacy_n to_o justify_v and_o let_v the_o conscientious_a reader_n judge_n whether_o he_o do_v this_o in_o zeal_n for_o christ_n or_o against_o he_o let_v none_o except_o that_o possible_o he_o never_o read_v any_o of_o they_o that_o have_v thus_o expound_v james_n what_o one_o of_o they_o have_v he_o then_o read_v nay_o i_o rather_o question_v what_o one_o of_o they_o have_v he_o not_o read_v or_o with_o what_o one_o thing_n be_v he_o unacquainted_a that_o any_o of_o they_o have_v write_v he_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o mr._n br._n that_o will_v accuse_v he_o of_o little_a read_n
even_o mr._n pemble_n himself_o who_o word_n he_o can_v almost_o if_o not_o altogether_o rehearse_v without_o book_n give_v it_o as_o the_o common_a interpretation_n of_o protestant_a writer_n so_o that_o he_o can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o yet_o he_o say_v nothing_o to_o it_o and_o say_v all_o to_o what_o none_o deni_v be_v this_o sincerity_n in_o handle_v the_o chief_a point_n of_o man_n salvation_n such_o as_o he_o beg_v from_o god_n upon_o his_o knee_n or_o the_o use_n of_o that_o which_o he_o enjoin_v upon_o we_o tenderness_n in_o the_o interpretation_n of_o scripture_n but_o we_o must_v leave_v he_o in_o his_o own_o way_n because_o he_o be_v resolute_a therein_o sith_o he_o will_v not_o answer_v we_o let_v we_o answer_v he_o in_o these_o thing_n which_o in_o stead_n of_o a_o answer_n to_o we_o he_o will_v fish_v from_o the_o text_n for_o himself_o br._n pag._n 299._o 1._o when_o it_o be_v say_v we_o be_v justify_v by_o work_n the_o word_n by_o impli_v more_o than_o a_o idle_a concomitancy_n if_o they_o only_o stand_v by_o while_o faith_n do_v all_o it_o can_v not_o be_v say_v we_o be_v justify_v by_o work_n we_o grant_v it_o do_v much_o yea_o almost_o all_o in_o the_o justification_n whereof_o james_n there_o speak_v viz._n before_o man_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o speak_v ver_fw-la 21._o 22._o 23._o of_o abraham_n justification_n by_o work_n fulfil_v that_o scripture_n which_o say_v abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v impute_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n how_o do_v his_o justification_n by_o work_n fulfil_v the_o scripture_n which_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n but_o as_o this_o great_a work_n and_o fruit_n of_o his_o faith_n declare_v and_o manifest_v to_o man_n the_o truth_n of_o that_o scripture_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o faith_n by_o which_o he_o be_v so_o many_o year_n before_o justify_v b._n p._n 300._o 2._o when_o the_o apostle_n say_v by_o work_n and_o not_o by_o faith_n only_a he_o plain_o make_v they_o concomitant_a in_o the_o procurement_n or_o in_o that_o kind_n of_o causality_n which_o they_o have_v especial_o see_v he_o say_v not_o as_o he_o be_v common_o interpret_v not_o by_o faith_n which_o be_v alone_a but_o by_o faith_n only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o be_v grant_v as_o before_o of_o the_o justification_n before_o man_n the_o profession_n of_o faith_n or_o to_o say_v we_o have_v faith_n be_v not_o sufficient_a without_o declare_v it_o by_o work_n so_o to_o justify_v we_o therefore_o say_v the_o apostle_n show_v i_o if_o thou_o can_v thy_o faith_n without_o thy_o work_n and_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o my_o faith_n by_o my_o work_n vers_fw-la 18._o b._n 3._o therefore_o he_o say_v that_o faith_n be_v dead_a be_v alone_o because_o it_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o use_n and_o purpose_n of_o justify_v for_o in_o itself_o it_o have_v a_o life_n according_a to_o its_o quality_n still_o this_o appear_v from_o his_o comparison_n in_o the_o former_a verse_n 16_o that_o this_o be_v the_o death_n he_o speak_v of_o and_o so_o work_v make_v faith_n alive_a as_o to_o the_o attainment_n of_o its_o end_n of_o justification_n we_o grant_v that_o the_o hypocritical_a profession_n of_o faith_n which_o james_n reprove_v be_v as_o all_o other_o sin_n alive_a to_o condemn_v the_o unbeliever_n and_o unjustified_a but_o dead_a to_o the_o use_n of_o justify_v we_o in_o our_o conscience_n before_o god_n or_o outward_o before_o man_n but_o that_o the_o addition_n of_o work_n to_o such_o a_o dead_a faith_n can_v make_v it_o alive_a to_o justify_v a_o man_n before_o god_n we_o deny_v neither_o do_v james_n affirm_v though_o there_o may_v be_v some_o force_n that_o way_n to_o his_o justification_n before_o man_n who_o be_v subject_a to_o fail_n in_o their_o judgement_n in_o the_o four_o place_n he_o find_v something_o to_o say_v for_o and_o something_o against_o the_o analysis_n of_o piscator_fw-la and_o mr._n pemble_n when_o he_o will_v depress_v it_o at_o the_o utmost_a he_o can_v only_o say_v that_o they_o seem_v to_o fail_v in_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o 22._o verse_n about_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d faith_n work_v with_o abraham_n work_n and_o perfect_v by_o work_n in_o this_o i_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o peruse_v mr._n baxter_n and_o they_o who_o he_o oppose_v from_o thence_o to_o judge_v which_o party_n lay_v the_o sure_a ground_n of_o their_o interpretation_n as_o to_o the_o question_n in_o hand_n the_o work_n of_o both_o together_o to_o justify_v and_o declare_v his_o faith_n perfect_a or_o sincere_a to_o man_n do_v nothing_o strengthen_v his_o assertion_n or_o weaken_v we_o the_o rest_n that_o he_o have_v in_o this_o section_n be_v mere_a word_n without_o proof_n as_o also_o his_o answer_n give_v to_o some_o objection_n make_v on_o our_o part_n and_o the_o same_o so_o curt_a that_o the_o best_a examination_n of_o they_o be_v to_o leave_v they_o unexamined_a until_o he_o bring_v something_o to_o prove_v they_o yet_o what_o of_o all_o that_o he_o say_v here_o have_v or_o seem_v to_o have_v force_n to_o some_o other_o end_n i_o may_v possible_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n call_v it_o into_o examination_n chap._n vii_o argument_n mr._n baxter_n six_o argument_n to_o prove_v justification_n by_o work_n draw_v from_o the_o identity_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o justification_n and_o salvation_n examine_v to_o which_o be_v add_v the_o rule_n which_o protestant_a writer_n give_v for_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o such_o scripture_n as_o promise_v eternal_a life_n to_o man_n of_o such_o work_n and_o qualification_n &_o a_o enquiry_n into_o the_o force_n of_o those_o scripture_n out_o of_o which_o mr_n baxter_n seek_v to_o evince_v that_o eternal_a life_n run_v upon_o condition_n of_o work_n a_o six_o argument_n he_o draw_v from_o the_o identity_n of_o justification_n and_o salvation_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o condition_n of_o their_o procurement_n and_o attainment_n he_o lay_v it_o thus_o p._n 310_o b._n thes_n 78._o our_o full_a justification_n and_o our_o everlasting_a salvation_n have_v the_o same_o condition_n on_o our_o part_n but_o sincere_a obedience_n be_v without_o all_o doubt_n a_o condition_n of_o our_o sâ—lvation_n therefore_o also_o of_o our_o justification_n we_o except_v here_o against_o the_o term_n or_o phrase_n use_v in_o the_o proposition_n and_o that_o 1._o against_o that_o which_o by_o way_n of_o distinction_n he_o name_v our_o full_a justification_n imply_v thereby_o that_o there_o be_v a_o empty_a or_o at_o least_o partial_a maim_a and_o not_o full_a justification_n before_o god_n as_o by_o what_o he_o have_v oft_o say_v before_o &_o by_o his_o own_o express_v himself_o and_o his_o meaning_n in_o the_o explication_n of_o his_o thesis_n he_o make_v evident_a the_o protestant_n utter_o deny_v this_o 1._o and_o 2._o partial_a and_o full_a unperfect_a and_o perfect_a justification_n acknowledge_v one_o only_a justification_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n which_o as_o a_o 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