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The Pilgrim's Pꝛogreſs
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opinion of thy ſelf, and of what thou doeſt, as plainly renders thee to be one that did never ſee a neceſſity of Chriſts perſonal righteouſneſs to juſtifie thee before God: How then doſt thou ſay, believe in Chriſt?

Ignor. I believe well enough for all that.

Chr. How doeſt thou believe?

Ignor. I believe that Chriſt died for ſinners, and that I ſhall be juſtified before God from the curſe, through his gracious acceptance of my obedience to his Law: Or thus, Chriſt makes my Duties that are Religious, acceptable to his Father by vertue of his Merits; and ſo mail I be juſtified.

Chr. Let me give an anſwer to this confeſſion of thy faith.

1. Thou believeſt with a Fantastical Faith, for this faith is no where deſcribed in the Word.

2. Thou believeſt with a Falſe Faith, becauſe it taketh Juſtification from the perſonal righteouſneſs of Chriſt, and applies it to thy own.

3. This faith maketh not Chriſt a Juſtifier of thy perſon, but of thy actions and of thy perſon for thy actions ſake which is falſe.

4. There-