ted unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of GOD. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Tit. 3. 8. Eph. 2. 10. Jam. 2. 20-24.

2 Tim. 2. 21. Mat. 5. 16. Col. 1. 10. John 15. 8. Heb. 10. 24. 2 Pet. 1. 5-11. 1 Cor. 15. 58.

Have you felt good works to be both your duty and privi lege? Have you experienced their profitableness?

46 Will works be brought into Judgment?

For WE MUST ALL appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.- For GOD shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.- And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before GOD; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works. 2 Cor. 5. 10. Eccl. 12. 14. Rev. 20. 12, 13. || Job 34. 10, 11. Is. 3. 10, 11. Mat.

16. 27.

What works have you to be brought into judgment? Are you labouring for GOD?

47. Does not God estimate works by the state of the heart from which they proceed?

Every way of a man iz right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. A high look, and a proud heart, and the ploughing of the wicked, is sin.- I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Prov. 21. 2-4. Jer. 17. 10. || 1 Sam. 16. 7. 1 Chron. 29. 17. Rev. 2. 23.

Is your heart right in the sight of God? Have you frequently inquired how your heart appears to God?

48. Is salvation of debt or of Grace? (i)

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of GOD. Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.- Not by works of righteousness, which

(i) See Appendix, Note I.

we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly; through Jesus Christ our Saviour: That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Eph. 2. 8-10. Tit. 3.5-7. || Eph. 1. 7. and 2. 5-7. Rom. 5. 20, 21.

Do you love the soul-humbling doctrines of salvation by grace?

49. Are not all who enjoy the light of the glorious Gospel, called, invited, and entreated, freely and cordially to accept of salvation?

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am GOD, and there is none else.- Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine, and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. And the Spirit and the bride say, come, and let him that heareth say, come, and let him that is athirst come. And WHOSOEVER WILL, let him take the water of life freely. Is. 45. 22. and 55. 1, 2. Rev. 22. 27. || Ez. 18. 21, 22. Is. 1. 18-20. and 2. 10.

How inexcusable must you be if you fail of salvation?

50. Has God any pleasure in the misery and destruction of the wicked, in itself considered?

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD; and not that he should return from his ways and live. Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?- Say unto them, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 2 Pet. 3. 9. Ez. 18. 23. Rom. 2. 4. Ez. 33. 11. Is. 30. 18. 1 Tim. 2-4. and 1. 14, 15. Ez. 18. 32.

The PURPOSES of God are the rule of HIS conduct, his commands the rule of ours. Do you approve the secret will of GOD? Are you in any measure conformed to his revealed will? 51. What is the tenor of the covenant of grace?

Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul

shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.- For this is the covenant, that I will make with the house of Israel, After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a GOD, and they shall be to me a people. Is. 55. 3. Heb. 8. 10. || Jer. 31. 33. and 50. 5. Gen. 17. 7. Ps. 103. 17, 18.

Have you by faith embraced the precious covenant in which GOD engages I WILL, and ye SHALL? Have you a stable hope in it?

52. Who is the Mediator of the NEW covenant, or covenant of grace?

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. For there is one GOD, and one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. Heb. 8. 1, 6, 8, 12. 1 Tim. 2. 5, 6. || Gal. 3. 19, 20. Heb. 7. 22. and 12. 24, 25. Is. 42. 6.

Do you look to GOD for blessings, only through this glorious Mediator? Do your prayers and praises ascend in his name?

53. Is Christ both able, and willing to save penitent sinners of every description?

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.- For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.- Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his rightecusness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. 1 Tim. 1. 15. Heb. 7. 25, 26, Col. 2. 9. Rom. 3. 25. || John 1. 1, 14. and 10. 25, 30. Is. 45. 22, 23. Rom. 3. 24-26. Phil. 2. 9-11.

Have you felt yourself the chief of sinners? Are you penitent and believing?

54. Why was it necessary, that the Mediator between the Father and sinners should be man?

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.- But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of GoD should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Heb. 2. 14, 9, 10. and 9. 13-15. || Gal. 4. 4, 5. Heb 2. 16. and 4. 14-16.

Do you discern the admirable wisdom of God in the incarna tion of Christ? Can you glory in his cross?

55. What is the Scripture doctrine of the ATONEMENT?

But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood; he entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls, and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to GOD, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living GOD.Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of GoD, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. My little children; these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: For he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Heb. 9. 11—14. Is. 53. 4—6. 1 John 2. 1, 2. || John 1. 29. Heb. 10. 19-24. 1 Pet. 2. 24. and 3. 18.

Can you renounce all dependance on your own doings for justification, and rely on the atonement? Do you build your hopes of heaven exclusively on this?

56. Was the humiliation of Christ designed to display the glory of God, in the sanctification and salvation of perishing

sinners?

And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.- And Jesus answered them, saying, the hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it. again. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.- Looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of GoD. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. John 1. 14. and 12. 23, 27, 28. and 15. 8. Heb. 12. 2, 3. 2 Cor. 8. 9. || Mat. 5. 17. Rom. 5. 19. Heb. 2. 17. Rom. 4. 25. Phil. 2. 5-8.

Have you beheld the glory of divine grace in the humiliation of Christ? Does it fill you with admiration and gratitude'

57. Is Christ King in Zion?

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.- Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.- The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: The Lord