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T.W. Thomas Aquinas in the places alledged, speaketh onely of workes ceremoniall or morall, wrought by the power of nature: M. White produceth him as though he taught, that workes proceeding of grace, could not iustifie.
Answ. Although Thomas in the beginning of his Commentarie mentioneth such workes as be performed by the power of nature, yet afterwards he enlargeth his discourse, and speaketh also of workes wrought by the power of grace. For he treateth of such workes as are the manifestation and execution of iustice; and of such as Saint Iames mentioneth chap. 2. saying, Was not Abra∣ham iustified by workes? But these were workes of grace. And therefore Thomas in the places alledged by D. White, excludeth from iustification, workes done in the state of grace.
Th. Aq. com. Gal. 3 l. 4. Ope∣ra non sunt cau∣sa, quod aliquis sit iustus apud Deum, sed po∣tius lunt execu∣tiones & mani∣festationes iusti∣tiae. Ib. Iacob. 2 di∣citur, Nonne Abraham ex o∣peribus iustifi∣catus est?