The Concern to be fhewed for Friends and Neighbours. An Explanation of the Words; fhewing what is meant What by our own Righteousness II Not only ceremonial, hypocritical, legal Works; ar What is the Non-Submission to God's Righteousness; fhewing the Difficulty of a natural Man's accept- ing Grace, and what Humility here is needful to Here Believers are now to folace themselves 145 1. Because they will not be fo beholden to Another 64 2. Because they have fuch a high Conceit of their To think there is no need of CHRIST's Satisfaction 70 Though GOD has declared the contrary2 -And all their Self-Righteoufnefs is infufficient 73 3. Becaufe they want the humble Senfe of their own Unrighteoufnefs, and finful Wretchedness 8 The Neceffity of Inherent, Perfonal Righteoufnefs 96 Obj. What need of our own Righteousness, if we are juftified by the Righteousness of another? Anfw. 1. The Design of our SAVIOUR's Coming, was not only to justify, but to sanctify us This Sanctification needful to our Salvation ΙΟΙ 1709103 $105 We fhall be judged by our Works, as the Proofs of our Faith Anfw. 2. The Faith that faves us, must produce The Vanity and Villainy of pretending to Faith in Faith must be approved by Purity 108 112 114 1 119 120 121 ib. By the Love of GOD's Saints We must give ourselves to good Works, though not * depend upon them 124 What Need there is of them, though we are not justified by them. True Grace will not make us lefs, but more, careful to maintain them 126 by 127 An Appeal, for this, to all that have tasted that the Grace is the only Root to bear thefe Fruits 130 132 134 The best of Men have the meanest Thoughts of themselves 142 No Hope, or Rejoicing, but in CHRIST JESUS 144 All will be glad to fly to this Refuge at laft Vindication of the trufting Part of Faith, (against fome Calumniators,) from the exprefs Doctrine 1 of our Church An Encouragement of the Faithful against such 147 152 What GOD requires, and will accept of Believers 160 There must be Well-doing, to feed the Root of be lieving But when they have done their best, they must trust 161 - to nothing done 165 They that Spur on to Justification by Self-Righteoufnefs, are miserable Comforters of others 167 And will once be at a fad Lofs themselves 189 Maugre all they can fay or do, whoever would have Peace, and Hope, and folid Confolation, must center only in the SAVIOUR, and look to be juftified by Faith alone, and the Grace of GOD, through For they being ignorant of GOD's Righteousness, and going about to establish their own Righteousness, have not fubmitted themselves to the Righteousness of GOD. T HE grand Enquiry that moft of all concerns every finful Man, is, How he fhall come off, and obtain Peace and Acceptance with the Holy offended GOD. Though fecure Sinners trouble not their Heads about fuch Matters, but feem to be in more care, How they fhall keep Confcience afleep, than what they fhall answer when brought into Judgment: Or they take up with fome random Hopes of the Divine Mercy, without confulting the Divine Reve B látion, |