The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

But there lies one great objection against this, that the Apostle Paul seems to make an opposition between the righteousness of the law, and the righteousness of faith, and between justification by the law, and justification by grace, and by faith, and by the promise: so a man is not justified by the law, but by the Faith of Jesus Christ, Gal. 2.6. received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith, Gal. 3.2. the law is not of faith, Gal 2.12. if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise, gal. 3.5, 18. if there ha• been given a law, that could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law, Gal. 3:21. th•• I may 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, Phil: 3:9: by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight, but now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, Rom: 3:20, 31: we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law, Rom 3.28. if they that are of the law he heirs, faith is made void, Rom: 4:14: if by grace it is no more of works, Rom: 11:6: by these places it seems there is no need of having the righteousness of the law in order to our justification.

But there lies one great objection against this, that the Apostle Paul seems to make an opposition between the righteousness of the law, and the righteousness of faith, and between justification by the law, and iustification by grace, and by faith, and by the promise: so a man is not justified by the law, but by the Faith of Jesus Christ, Gal. 2.6. received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith, Gal. 3.2. the law is not of faith, Gal 2.12. if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise, gal. 3.5, 18. if there ha• been given a law, that could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law,