Thesouksefetivaffcalling to Chrift. rightcorufneffe,have not fub:raitted thensfelarestothe righteoufne ff e ofGod in Chri,jt: what is the reafon of this ? becaufe they went about to eftabilih their owne righteoufneffe. Three things there be in the thirdverfe for our purpofe Firft, that a man cannot befived by híoowne righter oufnefe , but by the righteoufne fe of God, to and through drift. Secondly,that it is a pointoffubmillionandfubje- gtion, ( Ohmarke this ) and it is a great point; it is a point of hurnilitie and fubmillson ro take snd receive righteoufnefe from another. It is a great pohatof fabmifl'ion, tohave allfromChrift, andnothing . in our felves tohave grace fromChrift, and com- fort fromChrift, this is admirable. Nowwhat hinders this fubmiflìon? why? third. ly,thetext faith, They went about to eftablifh their owne righteoufnefe of their owne werke,, as if that coulddoe thedeed, ornothing : thou muff count them dung in refpeéf of the righteoufneflè of Chrift ; that is the firft, the whole nation of the Jewes fell {hors ofChrift in this point the fe- cond place, is Rom, 9.3 I, 32. marke how he reap foes there, what !hawefay then? aswhoMould fay, youwill thinke we fpeáke ftrange things,and it isa ftrange thing, but it is a truething, that the Gentiles whichfollowed not afer righteoufnefe, bave attained unto righteote nejJe, even the righteoufneffe which is offaith ; but Ifrael which followed the lair of righteoufneffe, have not attained the law of righteouf- nee; why ? becaufe they fought it not by faith, but by
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