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Justification and Sanctification before God.

Let not them who wait on thee, O Lord God of Hosts, be ashamed for my sake; let not those who seek thee, be confounded for my sake, O God of Is∣rael; because for thy sake I have born reproach, shame hath covered my face; I am become a stranger to my brethren, &c. for the zeal of thine house, &c. and the reproaches of them who reproached thee, have fallen upon me, &c. Psal. 69. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, &c.

Surely shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength, &c. in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory, Isa. 45. 24, 25.

By his knowledg shall my righteous servant justifie many; for he shall bear their iniquities, Isa. 53. 11.

I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your fil∣thiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you, &c. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses, &c. Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. Thus saith the Lord God, in the day that I shall have clean∣sed you from all your iniquities, &c. Ezek. 36. 22, 25, 29, 32, 33.

The Lord whom ye seek, shall suddenly come, &c. for he is like a refiners fire, &c. He shall purifie the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, &c. then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, Mal. 3. 1, 2, 3, 4.

The Pharisee prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, &c. I fast twice a week, &c. And the Publican standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, &c. saying, God be merciful unto me a sinner. I tell you, This man went down unto his house ju∣stified, rather than the other, Luke 18. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

And by him all who believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses, Acts 13. 39.

Therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith, Rom. 1. 17.

The righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them who believe, &c. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ, whom God hath set forth, &c. to declare his righteousness, &c. to declare, I say, his righteous∣ness; that he might be just, and the justifier of them who believe in Jesus: where is boasting then, &c? Wherefore we conclude, That a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law, Rom. 3. 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.

Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him who worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him who worketh not, but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted unto him for righteousness, even as David describeth the bles∣sedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, &c. He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, &c. that he might be the father of them who believe, though they be not circum∣cised, that righteousness might be imputed unto them also, &c. for the promise, &c. not to Abraham, or to his seed through the law; but through the righ∣teousness of faith, &c. It was imputed to him for righteousness: now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed unto him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him who raised up Jesus, &c. who was de∣livered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification, Gen. 15. 6. Rom. 4. 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 22, 23, 24, 25.

Being justified by faith, &c. much more then being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved, &c. The free gift of many offences unto justification, &c. As by one offence judgment came upon all to condemnation; even so by the righ∣teousness of one (or, by one righteousness) the free gift came upon all men to justification of life, &c. By the obedience of one shall many be made righte∣ous, Rom. 5. 1, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, &c. Whom he did foreknow, &c. them he also justified, &c. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect? it is God who justifieth: Who is he who condemneth? it is Christ who died, yea rather that is risen again, &c. Rom. 8. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 29, 30, 33, 34.

The Gentiles who followed not after righteousness, have attained unto righ∣teousness, &c. which is of faith. But Israel who followed after the law of righ∣teousness, hath not attained unto the law of righteousness. Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, Rom. 9. 30, 31, 32.

They being ignorant of Gods righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God: for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believeth, &c. The righteousness which is of faith saith on this wise, &c. for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, Rom. 10. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, &c. 1 Cor. 1. 30.

But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 1 Cor. 6. 11.

God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their tre∣spasses to them. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, 2 Cor. 5. 19, 21.

A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. Even we believe, &c. that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not, &c. Gal. 2. 19.

Paul to the Galatians doth argue this at large, Gal. 3.

We through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith, &c. Gal. 5. 5.

Christ gave himself, &c. that he might sanctifie and cleanse it, &c. that he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish, Ephes. 5. 25, 26, 27.

When Paul above any others had whereof to boast for his exactness in keeping the Law, he said, But what things were gain to me, them (or, those) I count∣ed loss for Christ, &c. that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not ha∣ving 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. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

And you, &c. hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreprovable in his sight, Colos. 1. 21, 22.

And ye are compleat in him, who is the head of all principalities, &c. Col. 2. 10.

Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all ini∣quity, and purifie unto himself a peculiar people, Tit. 2. 14.

After that the loving-kindness of God appeared, &c. not by works of righ∣teousness which we have done, &c. that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs, &c. Tit. 3. 4, 5, 7.

Who, &c. when he had by himself purged our sins, sate down, &c. Heb. 1. 3.

If the blood of bulls, &c. sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, &c. purge your consciences from dead works, &c. Heb. 9. 13, 14.

By the which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all, &c. by one offering he hath for ever perfected them who are sanctified, &c. Heb. 10. 10, 14.

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate, &c. Heb. 13. 12.

Who his own self bare our sins, &c. by whose stripes we were healed, 1 Pet. 2. 24. Isa. 53. 5.

Jesus, &c. who hath loved us, and washed us with his own blood, &c. Rev. 1. 5.

These were redeemed (or, bought) from among men, &c. they were without fault before the throne of God, Rev. 14. 4, 5.