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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
Q. 8. May not a man look partly to Christ, and partly to his own Works and Duties for Righteousness?
A. No, he must eye Christ only, and exclude all others, or he cannot be justified, Phil. 3.9. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ: the righteousness which is of God by faith. Rom. 4.5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
A. No, he must eye Christ only, and exclude all others, or he cannot be justified, Phil. 3.9. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ: the righteouness which is of God by faith. Rom. 4.5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Q. 9. Is it enough to eye the person of Christ only in believing?