imputation of the Righteoufne f of Chrisí. 3 2 3 before God; then there is no flub Righteoufnef in any, but it is the Righteoufnef of Chrift alone imputed unto to whereon we are fo juf if ed. But thatfó they do, and ought all of them fo to do, becaufe of the general Rule here laid down, that in the light of God no man living fhall be juílified, is plainly affirmed in this Teflimony. I no way doubt but that many learned men, after all their Pleas for an Intereft of Perfonal Righteoufnef and Works in our Juftification before God, do as unto their own pra &ice betake themfelves unto this method of the Pfalmi, fl,and cry as the Prophet Daniel doth in the name of the Church ; we do not prefent our fupplicationr before thee for our own Righteouf- nefs, but for thy great mercies, Chap. 9. 18. And therefore job (as we have formerly obferved) after a long and earneft defence of his ownFaith, Integrity, and Perfonal Righteouf - nefs, wherein he juftified himfelf againft the charge of Sathan and men, being called to plead his caufe in the fight of God, and declare on what grounds he expe &ed to be juftified be- fore him, renounceth all his forrher Pleas, and betakes himfelf unto the fame with the Pf lmifl, Chap. 40.4. Chap. 42. 6. It is true in particular cafes, and as unto force efpecial end in the Providence of God, a man may plead his own Integrity and Obedience before God himfelf. So did Heze /tiah when he prayed for the fparing of his life, Ifa. 38.3. Remember now 0 Lord I befeech thee, how I have walked before thee in Truth, and with a per fell heart, and have done that which isgood in thy fight. This I fay maybe done with refpe& unto tem- poral Deliverance, or any other particular end wherein the glory of God is concerned. So was it greatly in fparing the life of Heze1fah at that time. For whereas he had with great Zeal and Induftry reformed Religion and reftored the true worfhip of God, the cutting him of in the midi of his days, would have occafioned the Idolatrous multitude to have reflected on him as one dying under a token of Divine Tt2 dif-
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