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from_o punishment_n so_o it_o have_v for_o its_o adequate_a cause_n and_o principle_n the_o death_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n and_o thus_o by_o his_o death_n he_o obtain_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o elect_n not_o a_o remote_a possible_a conditional_a reconciliation_n but_o a_o actual_a and_o immediate_a reconciliation_n where_o he_o ascribe_v a_o meritoriousnesse_n to_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o deliverance_n but_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o any_o act_n of_o god_n deliverance_n as_o if_o we_o can_v be_v justify_v and_o none_o to_o justify_v for_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o deni_v christ_n death_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n will_v not_o to_o punish_v and_o that_o just_o and_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v another_o act_n as_o we_o do_v a_o transient_a act_n of_o god_n whereof_o christ_n death_n be_v the_o cause_n and_o yet_o some_o act_n he_o must_v find_v out_o or_o we_o can_v be_v justify_v now_o his_o opinion_n from_o hence_o be_v 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latter_a three_o when_o it_o be_v say_v we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n he_o take_v it_o altogether_o objective_o he_o say_v faith_n be_v take_v objective_o for_o christ_n and_o his_o righteousness_n justifi_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n if_o take_v for_o the_o act_n it_o only_o evidence_v justification_n page_n 76._o as_o if_o by_o faith_n be_v mean_v christ_n exclude_v faith_n from_o any_o hand_n in_o justification_n which_o if_o it_o be_v the_o apostle_n meaning_n he_o may_v have_v put_v in_o the_o name_n christ_n and_o leave_v out_o faith_n and_o his_o meaning_n have_v be_v more_o plain_a which_o in_o this_o weighty_a controversy_n of_o justification_n though_o the_o trope_n be_v more_o elegant_a have_v be_v more_o needful_a and_o in_o many_o place_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o justification_n he_o express_o set_v down_o christ_n as_o the_o object_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o yet_o add_v faith_n as_o that_o grace_n by_o which_o this_o object_n be_v apprehend_v let_v we_o take_v that_o place_n in_o gal._n 2.15_o 16._o we_o who_o be_v jew_n by_o nature_n and_o not_o sinner_n of_o the_o gentile_n know_v that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o justify_v by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n but_o by_o the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n even_o we_o have_v believe_v in_o jesus_n christ_n that_o we_o may_v be_v justify_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o by_o the_o woe_n k_v of_o the_o law_n here_o the_o apostle_n scope_n be_v to_o show_v that_o the_o believe_a jew_n into_o which_o number_n he_o put_v himself_o and_o peter_n and_o barnabas_n see_v that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n do_v for_o this_o end_n that_o they_o may_v be_v justify_v believe_v on_o christ_n that_o they_o may_v be_v justify_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n where_o he_o make_v christ_n and_o his_o righteousness_n the_o object_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o matter_n of_o their_o justification_n and_o he_o express_v how_o christ_n become_v they_o by_o faith_n and_o it_o be_v a_o senseless_a interpretation_n to_o take_v faith_n for_o christ_n and_o not_o for_o the_o grace_n of_o faith_n as_o if_o the_o meaning_n shall_v be_v that_o they_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o christ_n of_o christ_n where_o he_o must_v exclude_v christ_n or_o faith_n for_o one_o be_v redundant_fw-la nor_o do_v the_o apostle_n mean_v this_o of_o a_o declarative_a justification_n for_o then_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n nor_o truâ—h_n in_o it_o for_o to_o say_v that_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n may_v not_o evidence_n our_o justification_n these_o be_v as_o able_a to_o declare_v it_o as_o faith_n as_o it_o be_v say_v little_a child_n let_v no_o man_n deceive_v y_fw-mi u._fw-mi he_o that_o do_v righteousness_n 3.7_o 1_o john_n 3.7_o be_v righteous_a that_o be_v be_v declare_v thereby_o to_o be_v righteous_a beside_o to_o make_v paul_n to_o say_v that_o they_o believe_v that_o they_o may_v be_v justify_v that_o be_v that_o they_o may_v know_v by_o believe_v that_o they_o have_v be_v justify_v 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do_v not_o intend_v a_o direct_a series_n and_o order_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o salvation_n in_o this_o place_n from_o whence_o then_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v those_o that_o be_v uncalled_a be_v unjustified_a so_o be_v the_o elect_a jew_n therefore_o a_o three_o reason_n be_v because_o they_o who_o be_v alienate_v from_o god_n they_o be_v not_o reconcile_v and_o by_o consequence_n not_o justify_v so_o be_v the_o elect_a jew_n yet_o uncalled_a therefore_o etc._n etc._n as_o concern_v the_o gospel_n they_o be_v enemy_n for_o your_o sake_n but_o as_o touch_v the_o election_n they_o be_v belove_v for_o the_o father_n sake_n that_o be_v as_o etc._n as_o de_fw-fr judaeorum_fw-la gente_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la disserit_fw-la qui_fw-la quòd_fw-la evangelium_fw-la idest_fw-la quatenus_fw-la evangelium_fw-la non_fw-la admittunc_fw-la nempe_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la conditiâ—ne_fw-la sunt_fw-la deâ—_n exosi_fw-la etc._n etc._n beza_n say_v upon_o the_o place_n quatenus_fw-la evangelium_fw-la non_fw-la admittunt_fw-la sunt_fw-la deo_fw-la exosi_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la attinet_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v as_o they_o refuse_v the_o gospel_n they_o be_v enemy_n or_o hateful_a to_o god_n in_o the_o present_a condition_n for_o your_o sake_n which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o god_n so_o order_v it_o for_o the_o gentile_n good_a that_o upon_o their_o rejection_n they_o may_v be_v call_v but_o as_o concern_v the_o election_n they_o be_v belove_v for_o the_o promise_v god_n make_v to_o their_o forefather_n but_o as_o to_o their_o present_a condition_n they_o be_v hateful_a to_o god_n therefore_o unjustified_a eleven_o that_o that_o make_v the_o witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o be_v false_a can_v be_v true_a but_o to_o make_v unbeliever_n though_o elect_a person_n the_o subject_n of_o justification_n do_v this_o therefore_o etc._n etc._n the_o assumption_n only_o need_v proof_n 8.15_o rom._n 8.15_o yet_o it_o be_v evident_a because_o the_o spirit_n do_v witness_n to_o the_o elect_a unregenerate_a that_o they_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o bondage_n whence_o that_o spirit_n be_v call_v the_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n but_o in_o this_o witness_n the_o spirit_n be_v a_o spirit_n of_o truth_n therefore_o the_o elect_a unregenerate_v be_v not_o justify_v chap._n viii_o show_v that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n and_o that_o when_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o justification_n by_o faith_n it_o do_v not_o understand_v it_o only_o declarative_o but_o real_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n nor_o objective_o exclude_v the_o act_n and_o the_o instrumentality_n of_o faith_n be_v prove_v here_o also_o for_o a_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n i_o shall_v premise_v first_o that_o we_o be_v not_o justify_v by_o faith_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o papist_n as_o if_o it_o do_v justify_v we_o per_fw-la modum_fw-la causae_fw-la efficient_o &_o morâ—â—oriae_fw-la as_o a_o proper_a efficient_a and_o meritoriour_a câ—â—â—e_n which_o by_o its_o own_o worth_n or_o dignity_n deserve_v to_o obtain_v justification_n so_o bellarmine_n say_v 17._o bellar_n de_fw-fr justific_n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o it_o do_v justify_v impetrando_fw-la promorendo_fw-la &_o inchoando_fw-la justificationem_fw-la nor_o second_o do_v we_o say_v that_o faith_n justify_v in_o a_o arminian_n sense_n as_o if_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d credere_fw-la the_o act_n of_o believe_v be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o righteousness_n or_o that_o faith_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n stand_v instead_o of_o that_o obedience_n we_o owe_v to_o the_o moral_a law_n so_o as_o that_o our_o imperfect_a faith_n be_v for_o christ_n sake_n accept_v for_o perfect_a righteousness_n three_o faith_n do_v not_o justify_v we_o as_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o righteousness_n as_o a_o grace_n or_o a_o work_n or_o a_o act_n or_o a_o habit_n but_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o justification_n be_v christ_n righteousness_n and_o obedience_n four_o faith_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v objective_o only_a that_o be_v for_o christ_n as_o mr._n eyre_n interpret_v it_o though_o it_o be_v willing_o acknowledge_v that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o no_o other_o righteousness_n than_o the_o righteousnese_n of_o christ_n but_o five_o i_o take_v faith_n subjective_o and_o proper_o for_o the_o grace_n of_o faith_n and_o that_o act_n of_o it_o whereby_o as_o a_o hand_n it_o lay_v hold_v upon_o christ_n for_o justification_n and_o so_o it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v with_o connotation_n to_o its_o object_n that_o if_o you_o ask_v for_o what_o i_o be_o justify_v i_o say_v the_o only_a righteousness_n of_o christ_n impute_v if_o you_o ask_v by_o what_o i_o be_o justify_v i_o answer_v by_o faith_n as_o a_o hand_n to_o put_v on_o christ_n as_o a_o instrument_n appoint_v by_o god_n to_o apply_v christ_n so_o that_o faith_n be_v not_o the_o matter_n of_o my_o righteousness_n but_o answer_v in_o my_o participation_n of_o the_o righteousness_n in_o christ_n to_o that_o which_o 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