Ott CZ62) -.nefs which the Covenant or Law of Grace requireth as. its condi- tion ; Or 2. Belaufe its a Righteoufnefs revealedby the Gos el; Or 3. Belaufe it is given by the Go:, el q., .Or becaufe it is a pc felt frßlfuli ofthe Precepts.oftheCo ed. By [a perfonalj Righteoufnefs,we mean here, not that which is burs by .meer imputation, but that which is founded in fome- what Inherent in us,or performed by us. [ Nc jfi y ] is 1. of a meet antecedent, 2. Or ofa Means: We mean the lait. Means are eithercaufes, orconditions. I (hall nowby the help of thele few ditfinctions give you the plain truth in forcePropo&tions, both.Negatively andAffirma- rively, as fòlloweth. Propoftion r. It is confef fedby all that know.themfeives,or,man and theLaw, that none ofus have a Perfonal univerfal Righte oufnefs. For then therewere no fin, nor placeforco =x effion, or par- don, or ¿'hr-ifl. Prop. 2. And therefore wemuff all confefr, that inregard of the Preceptivepart oftheLaw of works lie are all unjuf4, andcannot be juflifled by the deeds of the Law, orbi our works. Prop. 3. Andin regard ofthe Comm:nation of that Law, tie: are all under guilt and theCurfe,and are the children ofwrath, and therefore cannot be juflifiedby that Law, or byour works. Rot ' theft, are proved by Paul at large, fo that nonehave aperfonal Lc® gal Rigbteoufnefs. Prop. 4. No mancanplead any proper fatisfaction ofhis oren for the pardon of f t,andefcaping thecurt of the La* : But only Chrifts Satisfaction, that fulfilled the Law , and became a curte for M. Prop. 5, 2V mancan pleadany merit o fhis oWn for procuring the Reward (unlefs as actions, that have the prom f of a Reward, areunder Chrifl improperly calledmerits) But our righteeufnef ofthisfort u only themerit and purchafe ofChrifl,and thefreegift ofthe Cyofpelis him. Prop. 6. we have no one work that is perfectly juilifiableby the perfell preceptsofthe LawofWorks: And therefore We haveno legal perfonal 1hteoufnefs at all that can properly befocalled ; brit are all corrupt and become abominable, there beingnone that doth _ __
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