CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

2. There is an innate inbred principle of a Legal Justification or acceptation by works that we do, and this makes Faith in the Mediator as a stranger, as an absurd thing; and indeed this is the main reason why all the godly find it so hard to believe, why they are so loth to be beholding to grace only to resign every thing, and to be saved by Christ merely; Even that inbred principle of being justified by what we do; See how all they that come to Christ propound this, What shall we do that we may be saved? They look upon doing not believing, Thus the Jews generally, they sought to establish the righteousness of the Law, and, would not submit to the Righteousness of faith, Rom. 10.3. Oh it is a great matter to humble and empty the heart of a man so as that he will submit to a Righteousness of Faith; yea, we see many of the Christian Teachers and disciples were led away in this, as appeareth by the Epistle to the Romans and Galatians; What a great task hath the Apostle, to take all off from works and the obedience to the Law, and to give all to Christ? They would give part to Christ and part to their works, but not all to Christ, so that it's a very hard thing to pull this weed out of our breast; We see all Popery and Socinianism goeth this way also; To do something that they may be justified thereby.

2. There is an innate inbred principle of a Legal Justification or acceptation by works that we doe, and this makes Faith in the Mediatour as a stranger, as an absurd thing; and indeed this is the main reason why all the godly finde it so hard to beleeve, why they are so loth to be beholding to grace onely to resign every thing, and to be saved by Christ meerly; Even that inbred principle of being justified by what we do; See how all they that come to Christ propound this, What shall we do that we may be saved? They look upon doing not beleeving, Thus the Jews generally, they sought to establish the righteousnesse of the Law, and, would not submit to the Righteousnesse of faith, Rom. 10.3. Oh it is a great matter to humble and empty the heart of a man so as that he will submit to a Righteousnesse of Faith; yea, we see many of the Christian Teachers and disciples were led away in this, as appeareth by the Epistle to the Romans and Galatians; What a great task hath the Apostle, to take all off from works and the obedience to the Law, and to give all to Christ? They would give part to Christ and part to their works, but not all to Christ, so that it's a very hard thing to pull this weed out of our breast; We see all Popery and Socinianisme goeth this way also; To doe something that they may be justified thereby.