of t,he Cov 87 a~cepted of God, what I doth he require of thee, in point of _gratitude, hut to ·do juftly, as one accepted uot without a righteoufnefs anfwering ·the demands of jufiice and judgment, and to_love mercy, as one. who hath obtain'd mercy, and to walk humbly with thy Gad, as one who is fr€e grace's debtor ? In the fame J:.Ilanrier of expreffion, da-th Mo(es addrefs himfelf to the people fecur'd of the poffeffion ofCanaan by the oath of God, and being jufi to enter upon it, Deut. x. 1 I, 12. ' And now, lfrael, what cloth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God,' &c. namely, in point of gratitude for his giving thee that good land. - Infer. From what is fajd, it appears, that your life and falvatiol! entirely' depend on your fpecial interefl: in Ghrifi's righteoufnefs. If ye are poifefi ofit, your falvation is fe~ure : if not, falvation is far from you. \}fyou were never fo full of your own righteoufnefs, works, doings ~ncl fufferings, tJ.llh but filthy rags in this cafe, and cannot give you a right or title to life : and altho' you can fee nothing of your own, in your– felves, which you can lean to .before the Lord ; yet if the righteoufnefs of Chrifi is yours in poifeffion, by faith, your life and falvation are firm as a rock. Caft. .How then fhall I know that Chrifi's righte– oufnefs is indeed mine in poifeffion -? An{. The Lord ·himfelf gives a ~ifiinguifhing character of fuch happy poifcifors, Ifa. ii. 7. -' Hearken unto me, ye that know righteoufhefs, the people in whofe heal't is my law.• They that know righteoufoefs, are, in the fiile of the , Scripture, . thefe whife it is, agreeable to the phrare. · · Mat. xxv. 12. ' I know you not,' that is, ye're none ofmine, I acknowledge you not as ll}ine. So this cha– racter confifis of two parts. (I.) They are fuch as a~ knowledge Chri~'s right~oufnefS as their only righte~ oufnefs in ~he fight ofGod, and look to it alone for life ~nd falvation, renouncing all their own righteoufnefs, I fa,
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