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with regard to our justification in the divine. sight.

James ii. 20. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 24. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

73d Q.-Do we not, by this, ascribe our justification to faith and works?

A.-No, not strictly so, for though we cannot be justified without them, they are not, properly speaking, the cause of our justification, but the new birth or regenerating power of the Spirit of Christ within us; from which only "living faith and acceptable works can proceed."*

Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ.

Rom. xi. 6. And if by grace, then is it no more of works.

Eph. ii. 8. For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Titus iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit; 6. Which he shed on us abundantly;

* See Tuke's Principles of Religion, p. 42.

through Jesus Christ our Saviour:

7. That being

justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

74th Q.-Is it possible for a Christian, in this life, to attain to such a stability in Christ that he cannot finally fall away from it?

A.-Doubtless; as saith the Scripture, "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall God, and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God; and I will write upon him my new name." (Rev. iii. 12.) So also says the Apostle Paul; "I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. viii. 38, 39.)

2 Tim. iv. 7. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day.

§. V.

75th Q.-What is it that constitutes the characteristic difference between the Christian,

or spiritually minded man, and the man of the world, or carnally minded man?

A.-The Christian walks in the way of the cross and of self-denial; mortifies his corrupt affections and lusts; and is not conformed to the world, but transformed by the renewing of his mind, the love of God being the governing principle of his conduct. The man of the world is at enmity with God, his ways, and his people; the love of the world being the governing principle of his conduct, he conforms to its crooked policy, pursuing with avidity its possessions, pomps, and vanities, and the sinful lusts of the flesh.

Luke ix. 23. And he [Jesus] said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Luke xiv. 27. Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Gal. v. 24. And they that are Christ's, have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

Rom. viii. 13. If ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Rom. xii. 2. Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

1 John ii. 5. Whoso keepeth his [Christ's] word, in him verily is the love of God perfected.

1 John iv. 19. We love him because he first loved us. 7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.

John xv. 17. These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18. If the world hate you, ye know

that it hated me before it hated you. 19. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

James iv. 4. Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God.

1. John ii. 15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof.

Rom. viii. 6. To be carnally minded, is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace: 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8. So then they that are in the flesh, cannot please God.

Rom. i. 28. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient: 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, covetousness, maliciousness: full of envy, murder, deceit, malignity; 30. Backbiters, haters of God, proud, disobedient to parents, 31. Without natural affection, unmerciful: 32. Who knowing the judgment of God, (that they which commit such things are worthy of death) not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

76th Q.-What is the Christian's hope after death?

A. That he shall, when he puts off this mortal body, enjoy the beatific presence of his God and Redeemer, receive a crown of glory, and obtain an inheritance among the

saints in light, that is incorruptible, undefiled, and that endureth for ever.

Mark x. 29. There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the gospel's, 30. But he shall receive an hundred fóld now in this time, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in his death. John x. 27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish.

John xi. 25. And Jesus said unto her [Martha], I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth on me though he were dead, yet shall he live; 26. And whosoever liveth and believeth on me, shall never die. .Rom. ii. 6. Who [God] will render to every man according to his deeds; 7. To them, who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality; eternal life.

Gal. vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9. And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

2 Cor. v. 6. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7. (For we walk by faith, not by sight). 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Phil. i. 19. I know that this shall turn to my salvation. 20. According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. 21. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose, I wot not. 23. For I am in. a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to

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