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VVhy then doth Saint Iames Chap. 2 verse. 21. say that Abraham vvas Iustified by vvorkes?

Because he speaketh not there of the cause, but of the effect whereby iustification may be discerned. For when Abraham had offered Isack his sonne vpon the alter, he was Iustified through workes (saith he:) that is, he was found to be iustified euen before that time by faith, & that by his works, as testimonies of his iustificati∣on. And so a man is iustified by workes, that is, by the holinesse of his life he is approued to be such a person as is iustified by the obe¦diēce of Christ; which holinesse doth follow iustificatiō as an effect

therfore, & is also a testimonie & witnesse of the same After this sort also god is said at the latter day, that he wil iustifie his elect by their workes. For whereas there are two beginnings of things, one of existence, the other of knowledge; Faith, as the beginning of Exis∣tence, causeth vs to bee iust; and workes, as the beginning of knovvledge, make vs to be knowne to bee iust. And therefore the Lord at the last day, will propound the beginning of knowledge of the righteousnesse by faith, which shall appeare in the eyes of all creatures. Mat. 25.34. Come yee blessed of my father, &c. For I was an hungred and yee gaue mee meat, &c.