The P rtellhoodofaril!. 4-11 warg. .1., tormermome may teach us that great dutie offelfr-deni4wee fee no VF: S E 4. righteoufirffe will juaifie us but Chrifis,and his will not confia but with the deniall of our owne. And Curdy what-ever the profeffions ofmen in word may bee,there is not any onedutie in all Chriaian Religion ofmore dif- ficultie than this , to trua Chriaonely with our falva. tion. To doe holy duties ofhearing, reading, praying, meditating, almefgiving, or any other a&ionsofcharity or devotion, and yet 11111 to abhorre our (elves and our workes to cReerne our (elves after wee have done all, unprofitable fervants , and worthy of many Gripes : to doe good things, and not to tea in them; to owne the fhameand dung ofour fokmne fervices: when we have done all the good workes weecan, to fay with Nehe- miah , Remember mu, 6 myGod,concerning this, and are meaccording to thegreatnefeofthy mercie,N;hem. 3.22, and with David,To thee iLord,belongethmade, for thou macre'f to every Min according to his worke, Pfal.6 2.12. It is thy mercy to reward us according to theuprightneffe ofour workes, who mightea in judge- ment confound us for the imperfeaionofour workes. To give God the praifeofour working , and to take to our (elves the fhameofpollutinghis workes inus.There isnoDoetrine fodiametrally contrary to the merits of Chrifi,and the redemptionofthe world thereby,as juili- fication byworkes. No Papal in the world is or can bee morecontentious for goodworkes than wee both inour Doarine and in our prayers, and in our exhortations to the people. We fay no faith juflifieth us beforeGod but aworkingfaith , no man is righteous in the fight ofmen, nor to bee foeacemed,but byworkes ofholineffe; without holisep no man (hall fee Gotthee that is Chrifis is tea- Iota ofgoodworke,s, purifiethhimfelfe even ashee is pure, and walketh as hee did in thisworld. Here only is the difference; we doe them, becaufe they are our Datie,and liicationsofourloveandthankfulne tfetoChrif3,and G ofthe
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