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CHAP. XVI. The Differences.
BVt the differences between them are many and great. First, they differ in the manner of requiring obe∣dience to the law, and exacting good workes. The Covenant of Moses requires, that a man shold first endea∣vour to fulfill the whole law, that thereby he may be justified, and live; and if he cannot do so, that then he should flie to sacrifices for sinne, and free-will offerings, and in them, as in types, to Christ and his righteous∣nesse and obedience, that there he may finde that which by the law he cannot obtaine. But the Covenant of the Gospel requires that a man should first renounce himselfe, and all his owne righteousnesse, and seeke salvation and righteousnesse in Christ by faith, and that being justified by grace in Christ, he should by way of thankfulnesse labour to the utmost,