6o VireElions forgetting and keeping hands may feem fo fpecious, as that you may need fome prefervative. I fuppofe you remember what I have taught you fo ofr, concerning the difference of the Law of Works, and the Law or Covenant of Grace, with their different Conditions. Upon which fuppofition I explicate the point thus. i. No man may look at his own Graces or Duties as his Legal Righteoufnefs; that is, filch as for which the Law ofWorks will pronounce himRighteous. z. Noryet may he take them for part of his Legal Righteouf- nefs, in conjuradion with Chrifts Righteoufnefs, as the other part : but here we muff go wholly out of our felves, and deny and difclaim all fuch r.ighteouf- nefs ofour own. We have no Works which make the Reward to be not of Grace , but of Debt. 3. We muff not once think that our Graces, Duties or fufferings, can make fatisfadion to Gods Jultice for our fin and unrighteoufnefs : nor yet that they are any part of that fatisfadion. Herewe afcribe all to Chrift, who is the only Sacrifice and Ranfom. 4. Nor mull we think that our Duties or Graces are properly Meritorious ; this alto is to be left as the foie honour of Chrift. 5. Yet that we may and muff raife our Affurance and Comforts from our own Graces and Duties, thall appear in there clear Reafons following, which thew allo the Grounds onwhich we maydo it. r. Pardon, Juftiflcation and Adoption; and Sal- vation, are all Given to us in the Gofpel only Con- ditionally (ifwe believe : ) and the Condition is an aft, or rather feveral of s of our own. Now till the Conditionbe performed, no macs can have any Cer- tainty that the Benefit (hall be his;nor canhe by any other
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