43 6 TeJiimonier out o, f for Right eos fnefs, and Juf}ification by Works, they quickly think their belt referve lies in doing f mething extraordinary more then other Men, and more indeed then is required of them. This brought forth all the PharifaicalAullerities in the Papacy. Nor can it be laid, That all this fignified no- thing, becaufe he was an Hypocrite and a Boater ; for it will be replied, That it thould teem all are fo who fee!¿ or u i. fcation by Works : For our Saviour only reprefents one hat dot!) fo; neither are thefe things laid in Bar againft his Jutti- fication, but only that he exalted himfelf in trufling unto his own Righteoufnefs. (2. ) In an afcription of all that he did unto God. God, I thank thee: Although he did all this, yet he owned the aid and aflance of God by his Grace in it all. He efteemed himfelf much to dir from other Men, but afcribed it not unto himfelf, that fo he did. All the Righ- teoufnefs and Holinefs which he laid claim unto, he afcribed unto the benignity and goodnefs of God. Wherefore he neither pleaded any merit in his Works, nor any Works per- formed in his own flrength, without the aid of Grace. All that he pretends is, That by the Grace of God he hadfulfilled the Condition of the Covenant, and thereon expected to be juttified. And what ever words Men (hall be pleafed to make tare of in their Vocal Prayer., God interprets their minds, according to what they truti in, as unto their Jutti- cation' before him. And if fore Men will be true unto their own Principles, this is the Prayer which, Mutatis mutandis, they ought to make. If it be laid, that it is charged on this Pharifee, that he trufled in himfelf, and def ifed others, for which he was re- jeted, I anfwer, ( t.) This charge relpeós not the mind of the perfon, but the genius and tendency of the opinion. The Perfwafioa of Juflification by Works, includes in it a contempt of other means. For if Abraham had been juflifxed by Works, heLhould have had whereof to glory. (2.) Thole whom he
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