160 Of the (Aka ed thereby ; and, thus comes as the young Man did to Chrift. Mat. xix. i 6. And as a Woman comes to a Phyfician to heal her of her Malady, but not to marry him. Thou in all this fubmitteft not to the Righteoufnefs of God, thou 'till intends to let up thy fell, though upon a borrowed Stock : Thou art like a broken Merchant, who is afbamed to live upon the Charity of his Friends, and having nothing of his own to trade with, hence borrows and pays as he wins ; fo thou wilt not live on Chrift for all Things, but iidt finding in thy fell Strength enough to work out thy &finefs, comes to Chrift to Mock thee, and fo trades with, and improves that Stock of Strength and Ability : And thus, like a rotten Papift and deluded Ar- minian runs 'till in a Covenant of Works, and thereby defiroys and makes void the Gofpel. (6.) Such as dole with Chrift for Life, R'rdon and 1olinefs, but not with him on 1y, they make their Works a Part of their Juilif-ication, and truff to them ; And becaufe they are imperfect and flained With Sin, they lippen to their Sincerity, and patches them up with Chrift's Merits, and thus in Effet forne Papif s do,and is in Eff d,but what Bel larmine and forne others fay this Day, the in another Drefs Of Words : They fay, The Covenant of Works required perfect Obedi- ence, 1
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