V. ^ Rom. iii. 20. Therefore by

the deeds of the law there shall no licsh be justified in his sip,ht : for by the law is the kr.owlc sin. Rom. iv. '2. For if Abra- ham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not be- fore God. Ver. 4. Now, to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt, Ver. (). Even as David also descri- beth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works. Eph. ii. 8. For by- grace are ye savctl, through faith ; and that not of yourselves ; it is the gift of God. Ver. 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast. Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righ- teousness which we hive done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost: Ver. 6. Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour : Ver. 7. 'J h:it, being justified by his i^'ract^, we should be made heirs acccro g to the hope of eternal life. R'jm. viii. 18. For I reckon that the suilerings of tliis £ present
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done but our duty, and are unprofitable servants'^; and because, as they are good, they proceed from his Spirit ' ; and as they are wrought by us, they are defiled and mixed with so much weakness and imperfection, that they can- not endure the severity of God's judgment \