would appeare beautifull outwardly, by the iustice of Christ; but inwardly they are full of filthinesse & iniquity. They are also like Wolves in sheeps clothing, who haue an external shew of meeknesse & iustice: but inwardly are ravenous creatures. But as sheeps clothing doth not make a wolfe, to become a lamb; so neither will the external iustice of Christ, that innocent lamb, with which a sinner would cloth himself out∣wardly, and yet remaine still in his sins, make him a Saint. S. Iohn giveth a serious warning to this purpose; Little children, saith he, let no man seduce you. He that doth iustice is iust, even as he also, (that is, Christ) is iust. Therefore, they are seduced, who think to be iust; and yet will do no iustice, as Christ did,
The third errour, to witt: that faith alone doth iustify, is also above refuted. For 1. it hath been shewed not to be in Scripture; And the∣refore the Presbytetians make it very vnreaso∣nably & against their own principles, the prin∣cipal article of their religion. 2. It is not only not to be found in Scripture, but it is expresly word by word against Scripture, as hath been seen out of S. Iames. Therefore, the Presbyte∣rians brags of great advantage, in this point, are very false and groundlesse. 3. It is also against the holy Fathers, who condemned it, as we haue seen, in some ancient heretiques. Yea S. Augustin doth affirm, that because it had risen in the very time of the Apostles, by misinter∣preting the words of S. Paul, the other Apos∣tles as S. Peter, S. Iames, & S. Iohn did direct