people in our bookes and Sermons, a bare, barren, idle, and dead faith; so in regard of certaine other Heriticks, Seruetus executed at Geneua, and Sorinus, and Harminius, Bertius, who of late troubled the Churches in Holland & Zeland. I further note that wee eschue (as a Shelfe or Rocke) their dangerous (if not blasphemous) conceite, that faith properly taken, or the act and worke of belee∣uing, doth iustifie vs, and is accounted to the beleeuer for perfect righteousnesse with God, as if in his owne person he had done the law fully: which erronious con∣ceite crosseth the exposition of all Christian Churches and Diuines, expounding this proposition (we are iusti∣fied by faith) figuratiuely. (Faith, by a Metonimie or Me∣talepsis, put for the obiect Christ applied by faith) and all those plaine Scriptures which say, the obedience of one man made vs righteous, Rom. 5, 19. and, Christ is made to vs of God righteousnesse, 1. Cor. 1, 30. and, wee are made the righteousnesse of God in him, (not in vs, in our faith) 2. Cor. 5, 21. and Christ the end of Law (not faith) for righteousnesse, Rom. 10, 4. And fighteth also with such texts as make equipollent these propositions, a man is iustified by faith, and a man is iustified by the blood of Christ, by the redemption of Christ, Rom. 3, 23, 24, 25. Lastly it is repugnant to all sound reason; for faith (or to beleeue) it is a worke, and all works vni∣uersally (both of Law and Gospell) bee excluded from iustification (as works:) also it is but one part of legall iustice to beleeue God, ergo not our whole iustice; yea it is vnperfect & contaminated with ignorance, doubting, &c. How then can it absolue vs before the most iuste Iudge?