A Dangerous Plot Discovered, Chapter 9
CHAP. IX. The point of Iuſtification.
Mr: Mountague.
Man hath a double eſtate
of ſinne
wherein he was borne.
produced in life and action.
acquiſite, renewed according to the ſpirit. gagg. p. 141.
In the firſt ſtate he is not Iuſt. p. 141.
To Iuſtifie hath a 3. fold extent,
To make Iuſt.
To make more Iuſt.
To declare or pronoūce Iuſt. p. 140
Iuſtification properly is in the firſt ſence. gagg. p. 142. & 144.
A ſinner is then Iuſtified, when he is made Iuſt. That is, tranſlated from ſtate of nature to ſtate of grace; as Coloſ. 1. 13. Who hath delivered vsus from the power of darkneſſe, and hath tranſlated vsus, &c. Which is motion, as they ſay, betwixt two termes. And
Conſiſteth in forgiuenes of ſins primarily, and grace infuſed ſecondarily. Both the act of Gods ſpirit in man. p. 142. & 143.
In the ſtate of Grace, a man is Iuſt, when he is changed, which muſt hauehave concurrence of ow… things:
Privation of being to that which was the body of ſinne. Wherein
A new conſtitution vntounto God in another ſtate. Of grace whereto. In which he that is altered in ſtate, changed in condition, tranſformed in mind, renued in ſoule regenerate and borne a new to God by grace, is Iuſt in the ſtate of Iuſtification. p. 141.
To ſpeake properly, God onelyonly Iuſtifieth, who alone imputeth not ſinne, and createth a new heart within vsus.
The ſoule of man is the ſubiect of this act.
In which, vntounto which, are neceſſarily required certaine preparations, and previous diſpoſitions to the purpoſe; As knowledge of God, &c. feare, hope, contrition, louelove, deſire of, purpoſe for a new life, and ſuch like. But theſe are all with and from faith. The principall indowment of grace, may worthily be aſcribed vntounto the roote and originall of Chriſtian pi…tie, Faith. gagg. p. 143. 144.
The Church of Rome.
The Iuſtification of a ſinner, is a tranſlation from that ſtate in which man was borne a ſonne of the firſt Adam, into the ſtate of grace. Concil. Trent. ſeſſ. 6. cap. 4.
Iuſtification it ſelfe, is not onelyonly remiſſion of ſinnes, but alſo the ſanctification and renovation of the inward man, by a voluntary receit of grace and gifts, from whence a man is made Iuſt of vniuſt. cap. 7. There is required on mans part, that he be prepared and diſpoſed by the motion of his owne will, vntounto the obtaining the grace of Iuſtification. can. 9.
Man is diſpoſed vntounto the iuſtice of Iuſtification. By faith, feare, hope, louelove begun, ſome hatred and deteſtation of ſinne, a purpoſe to be baptized; to begin a new life; and to keepe Gods cōmandements. cap. 6. We are ſayd therefore to be Iuſtified by faith, becauſe faith is the beginning, foundation, and roote of every Iuſtification. cap. 8.
Cap. 10. It decreeth that Iuſtification receiud, is increaſed.
The Church of England.
That we are Iuſtified by faith onelyonly, is a moſt wholſome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expreſſed in the Homilie of Iuſtification. Arti: 11.
To be waſhed from ſinnes in ſuch ſort, that there remaineth not any ſpot of ſin, is that Iuſtificatiō or righteouſnes, which S. Paul ſpeaketh of, when he ſayth, No man is juſtified by the workes of the Law. The forgiueneſſe of ſinnes and treſpaſſes, is that righteouſneſſe which is taken, accepted, and allowed of God for our profit, and full Iuſtification. 1. Sermon of ſalvation, a little after the beginning.
There is nothing vponupon the behalfe of man concerning his Iuſtification, but onelyonly a true and liuely faith. 1. Sermon of Salvation, a little before the end.