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CONTENTS.

AN inquiry after the righteousness that will justify

us,

The coherence of this fcripture:

pag. I

The concern to be fhewed for friends and neigh-

bours under damnable errors

An explanation of the words, fhewing what is
meant here by God's righteousness

What by our own righteoufnefs

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Not only cerimonial, hypocritical, legal works, or

thofe done by a man's natural ability

What is the non-fubmiffion to God's righteoufnefs;

fhewing the difficulty of a natural man's accept-

ting grace, and what humility here is needful

to make a difciple of Chrift

How dark fighted even the wifeft by nature are in

God's way of juftifying and faving finners

Ignorant of the defign of God's law, p. 17. Igno-

rant of its latitude and purity, p. 20. Igno-,"

rant of their ill cafe under it, p. 21. Ignorant

of the neceffity of God's righteoufnefs, p. 23.

And ignorant of its excellency

Establishing our own righteoufnefs, is not working

righteousness

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This righteoufnefs is needful to fave, though in-

fufficient to juftify us

To establish it, is to depend upon it for our justi-

fication in the fight of God

St James treats not of this juftification

The juftification by works is against the sense of

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all believers, p. 37. Yet this is still attempted

by many

It is a moft filly attempt, p. 43. And wicked,

p. 45. And dangerous, p. 47. A diffuafive

from it

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Pride hinders mens fubmiffion to God's righteoufnefs 52

1. Because they will not be fo beholden to ano-

ther, p. 55. 2. Becaufe they have fuch a high

conecit of their own righteoufnefs, p. 59. To

think there is need of Christ's fatisfaction, p. 59:

Though God has declared the contrary, p. 62. \

And all their felf-righteoufnefs is infufficient, p. 64

3. Becaufe they want the humble fenfe of their:

own unrighteoufnefs, and finful wretchedness 69

Extenuating man's doleful apoftafy, p. 70. And

not being convinced by the Spirit of God to

make them know themselves

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An admonition not to admire the exalters of their

own righteoufnefs f

Such produce fo little to juftify their pretences 78

The cenfured righteoufnefs of faith does greater

matters

The neceffity of inherent perfonal righteousness 84.

Object. What need of our own righteoufnefs, if we

are juftified by the righteoufnefs of another?

Anf. 1. The defign of our Saviour's coming was

not only to juftify, but to fanctify us 9p

This fanctification needful to our falvation

We fhall be judged by our works, as the proofs {*

of our faith

Anf. 2. The faith that faves us, muft produce the

fruits of holiness

The vanity and villany of pretending to faith in

Chrift, without good works.

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Faith must be approved by purity, p. 104. By

fertility. p. 104. By a heavenly mind and life,

p. 105. By the love of God's faints

We must give ourfelves to good works, though
not depend upon them

What need there is of them, though we are not
juftified by them

True

grace

will not make us lefs, but more care-

ful to maintain them

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• III

An appeal, for this, to all that have tafted that

the Lord is gracious

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Grace is the only root to bear these fruits
No peace with God, without fubmitting to the
righteoufnefs of God

The beft of men have the meaneft thoughts of
themselves

No hope, or rejoicing, but in Christ Jefus
All will be glad to fly to this refuge at laft
Here believers are now to folace themselves
A vindication of the truffing part of faith, (an
gainst fome calumniators,) from the exprefs
doctrine of our church

An encouragement of the faithful against such

contradictions

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What God requires and will accept of believers 139

There must be well-doing, to feed the root of

believing

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But when they have done their beft, they must

truft to nothing done.

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They that spur on to juflification by self-righte-
oufnefs, are miferable comforters of others

And will once be at a fad lofs themselves

Maugre all they can fay or do, whoever would

have peace, and hope, and folid confolation,

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to

muft centre only in the Saviour, and look

be juftified by faith alone, and the grace of

God, through the redemption that is in

Jefus Chrift.

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