...us ; no : We are told, by the Apoftle, that •if we fay ive have no Sin lae deceive ourfehes, •, and the Truth is not in us. (i John i. 8.) And are taught to pray daily for the Forgmenefs of our Sins. (Matt. vi. 12.) And accordingly A the beil...

...filthy rags, Ifa. Ixiv. 6.. It is lafs and dung, Phil. iii. 8. And if we fay we have nofin, v.<e dective ourfelves, and the truth is not in us, i John i. 8. — Have we no caufe therefore to lament the imperfection of our own righteoufnefs, becaufe Chrift.'...

...not. Ecd. vii. 20. For in many things we offend all. Jam. iii. 2. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. i John i. 8. Who can fay, I have made my heart clean.; I am pure from fin ? Prov. xx. 1 9. CHAP. III. Concerning...

...to fulfil the Law perfectly ; for if we fay ivc have no Sin, <we deceive ourfelvest and the cfruih is not in us* i John i. 8. and therefore it muft be fulfilled by our Surety JESUSCHRISTJ ( for none elfe can pretend to it) and his Righteoufnefs, his Obedience being perfect,...

...St. John, in still stronger terms, tells us, " If we say zue have no sin, •we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us, (i John i. 8) ; and again, " if we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and His word is not in us." (Ibid. 10.)...