Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

7 Others bottom their hope of salvation upon their partial repentance; I mean their leaving and forsaking some sins, when in the mean time they wittingly live in the practice of other sins, which in truth is but a feigned and hypocritical repentance, like ⟨p. 160⟩that of Herod's, who upon John Baptists preaching is said to leave many sins, but yet would by no means part with his Herodias, his darling and beloved sin. Nay, though your repentance be true and full, yet if you stay there, and not look beyond it unto Jesus Christ, you will fall short of salvation.

7 Others bottome their hope of salvation upon their partial repentance; I mean their leaving and forsaking some sins, when in the mean time they wittingly live in the practice of other sins, which in truth is but a seigned and hypocritical repentance, like ⟨p. 160⟩that of Herods, who upon Iohn Baptists preaching is said to leave many sins, but yet would by no means part with his Herodias, his darling and beloved sin. Nay, though your repentance bee true and full, yet if you stay there, and not look beyond it unto Jesus Christ, you will fall short of salvation.

8 Others bottom their hope of Salvation upon their Works of Charity, thinking to purchase Heaven by their good Works, and so wholly exclude Christs merits, which they ground upon that sentence of Absolution pronounced by our Saviour at the Day of Judgement unto his Elect,¹ wherein he giveth Heaven to them who have expressed their charity to his poor members, in feeding, clothing them, and the like; whereas our Saviour instanceth in these Works of Charity, as the fruits of their faith, whereby they did evidence their faith to be a true and lively faith, which manifested its life by those works of charity; so that works of charity in themselves can be no good ground to bottom your salvation upon, but only faith in Jesus Christ, which is ever accompanied with works of charity, if true and sound.