Welchman on Article XIII: Of Works before Justification

Wirks done before, &c.] That Works may be perfectly ood, they must, flow from a good Principle, namely, Faith, and they must tend to a good End, namely, the Glory of God; and they must in no respect be deficient. But what mortal Man, either before or after the Grace of Christ, hath been thus happy in doing well? And there- fore the Works of Unbelievers, how specious soever, can deserve nothing, by reason of their Impersection; and they are to be looked upon as Evil rather than Good, upon the account of their Defects. See Rom. iii. 9, 10, 19, 20, 23. M hat then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise. Hor we have before proved both Fetus and Gentiles, that they are all under Sin : As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one. Mio we know that what Things scever the Law saith, it saith to Them who are under the Lau; that every Mouth may be flopped, and all the World may became guilty before God. ary ror by the Deeds of the Law shall no Flesh be justified in Sin. For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God. See also Rom. viii. 7, 8. The carnal Mind is Enmity against God: fer it is not subjeet to the Law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the Flesh, cannot please Gad.

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See also the Homily of Good Works, Part I. Sanderson on Ram. iii. 8. dect. 3, 4. Nowell Catech. p. 101. Field