A27107:796
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. Thou must not think by thy good Works and Alms, to merit heaven: for in ⟨p. 299⟩vain had the Son of God shed his Blood, if Heaven could have been purchased either for Money or Meat. Thou must therefore seek Heaven's Possession by the purchase of Christ's Blood, not by the merits of thine own works. For* eternal Life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ. Yet every true Christian that believes to be saved, and hopes to come to Heaven, must do good works (as the Apostle saith) for necessary uses, which are four.
- *Rom. 6. ult▪
First, That dGod may be glorified, Secondly, That thou mayest show thy self ethankful for thy Redemption. Thirdly, That thou mayest fmake sure thine Election unto thy self. Fourthly, That thou mayest gwin others, by thy holy devotion, to think the better of thy Christian profession. And for these uses we are said to be hGod's Workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, and that God hath ordained us to walk in them.
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