A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to…

3. Such as acknowledge professedly all they have to be of Grace, and yet do look upon it that they are through Grace enabled to do that themselves which stand for their Justification, at least in part: There are a great many who can speak high in the commendation of rich and free Grace; but what Grace is it that they make so much talk of? not that which hath provided us with a Righteousness in another; but that which hath provided us with a Sanctification in our selves; in the exerting whereof, through the renewing of the Spirit, we are enabled to merit the favour of God: and although Christ hath made satisfaction for our sins, and born our hell for us, yet still we may earn heaven by what we do; though yet we would not rob God of the Glory of this, but pay him this honourable acknowledgement, that we received it from him, (and so did Adam, his Original Righteousness with which he was to have earned his happiness) and that without him we can do nothing: but let it be made so fair and plausible as men will, and licked up into the best shape they can put it into; still it is to trust in our own Righteousness, i. e. a Righteousness inherent which is destructive to the way of Gospel Justification, which calls us off to a Righteousness without us, to one that must be imputed ⟨p. 142⟩to us for our acceptance into Gods favour.

3. Such as acknowledg professedly all they have to be of Grace, and yet do look upon it that they are through Grace enabled to do that themselves which stand for their Justification, at least in part: There are a great many who can speak high in the commendation of rich and free Grace; but what Grace is it that they make so much talk of? not that which hath provided us with a Righteousness in another; but that which hath provided us with a Sanctification in our selves; in the exerting whereof, through the renewing of the Spirit, we are enabled to merit the favour of God: and although Christ hath made satisfaction for our sins, and born our hell for us, yet still we may earn heaven by what we do; though yet we would not rob God of the Glory of this, but pay him this honourable acknowledgment, that we received it from him, (and so did Adam, his Original Righteousness with which he was to have earned his happiness) and that without him we can do nothing: but let it be made so fair and plausible as men will, and lickt up into the best shape they can put it into; still it is to trust in our own Righteousness, i. e. a Righteousness inhereet which is destructive to the way of Gospel Justification, which calls us off to a Righteousness without us, to one that must be imputed