Aphorism.
ANd absolute Discharge is granted to none * 1.1 in this Life: For even when we do per∣form the Condition, yet still the Discharge remains conditional, till we have quite finished our perform∣ance.
Animadvers.
There is such an absolute Discharge granted to some in this life, that there is no Condemnation belonging to them, Rom. 8. 1. They have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Rom. 5. 1. they have everlasting life, viz. begun in them.
Reply.
Yet we agree. I am wholly of your mind. But, 1. Our Discharge before believing, is conditional, as to beginning and end; and therefore not actual: (For quod est in conditione, non est in obligatione: Et conditionale nihil ponit in esse.) 2. Our Discharge upon our believing is absolute and actual quoad pri∣mam possessionem: But it is still conditional quoad continuationem & consummationem, till we have fi∣nished our course, overcome, and endured to the end. Yet it may be sure in God's Decree of uphold∣ing