The right method for a settled peace of conscience, and spiritual comfort in 32…

25. My next Advice shall be somewhat near of kin to the former. If you would learn the most expeditious way to Peace and settled Comfort, [Study well the Art of Doing Good: & let it be your every-days contrivance, care and business, how you may lay out all that God hath trusted you with, to the greatest pleasing of God, and to your most comfortable account.]

25. My next Advice shall be somewhat near of kin to the former. If you would learn the most expeditious way to Peace and setled Comfort, [Study well the Art of Doing Good: & let it be your every-days contrivance, care and business, how you may lay out all that God hath trusted you with, to the greatest pleasing of God, and to your most comfortable account.]

Still remember (lest any Antinomian should tell you that this savours of Popery, and trusting for Peace to our own Works.)

STill remember (lest any Antinomian should tell you that this savours of Popery, and trusting for Peace to our own Works.)

1. That you must not think of giving any of Christs honour or office to your best works. You must not dream that they can do any thing to the satisfaction of Gods Justice for your sins: nor that they have any proper Merit in them, so as for their worth to oblige God to Reward you: nor that you must bring them as a Price to purchase Christ and ⟨p. 333⟩Heaven: nor that you have any Righteousness or Worthiness in your self and Works, which the Law of Works will so denominate or own. But only you must give Obedience its due under Christ; and so you honour Christ himself, when those that detract from Obedience to him, do dishonour him: and you must have an Evangelical Worthiness and Righteousness (so called many and many times over in the Gospel) which partly consisteth in the sincerity of your Obedience and Good Works; as the condition of continuing your state of Justification, and right to eternal Life.