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Let us therefore beware lest, while we are so wholly set against the Antinomians, we gradually or unwittingly cross over into the camps of the Papists, or appear more favorable to them; from whom we should today fear less, and our words would be less blameworthy for their lack of caution, so that without any prejudice to Divine grace or free justification, and to Christ, we might and ought freely and fearlessly to assert both the doing of good works and their necessity, not indeed for acquiring or earning salvation by their merit, but by their intervention as God’s Royal way, graciously to be approached.

Let us, therefore, be cautious not to, while we so wholeheartedly rise against the Antinomians, seem to cross over into the camps of the Papists or at least appear more favorable to them; from whom we should fear less today, our words would be less reprehensible due to carelessness, so that without any prejudice to Divine grace or gratuitous justification, and of Christ, we might be able to assert and ought to assert, both the doing of good works and, necessarily, that these are not for acquiring salvation through their merit, or for deserving it, but through their intervention as God’s Royal way, to be approached gratuitously.