True justifying faith puts the soul, as sensible of its lost condition by the law, upon flying for refuge to the blood and righteousness of Christ. And this righteousness of his is not an act of grace, by which he maketh thy obedience acceptable to God for thy justification. No, but Christ did and suffered what was required at our hands; and for the sake of what he did and suffered, we are pardoned and accepted of God. _Ignorance._ And so you would have us do nothing! We may live as we list; since we are justified by faith alone! _Christian._ As thy name is, so art thou. Thou art ignorant of the fruits of faith in the blood of Christ. He that believeth in Christ, loveth God; and whosoever loveth him keepeth his commandments. _Hopeful._ Was Christ ever revealed to you? _Ignorance._ What, you are for new revelations! And receiving the Holy Ghost, I suppose! I believe what both you and all the rest of you say about these matters, is all whim and enthusiasm, the effects of mere imagination, or a distempered brain. _Hopeful._ Why, man, _None knoweth the Son save he unto whom the Father revealeth him: and no man calleth Jesus Lord, but by the Holy Ghost_. _Ignorance._ That is _your_ faith but it is not _mine_: yet mine, I doubt not is as good as yours; though I have not my head filled with so many whims and fancies. _Christian._ Give me leave to put in a word: you ought not to speak so slightly of this matter: for _no man can know_ Jesus Christ, _save he to whom the Father revealeth him_: and that faith whereby the soul layeth hold on Christ, must be wrought by _the exceeding greatness of his mighty power_. Of this faith I perceive thou art wholly ignorant. Awake thou that sleepest. Know thyself. See thy own weakness. Fly to the Lord Jesus, and by his righteousness thou shalt be delivered from condemnation. _Ignorance._ You walk so fast, I cannot keep pace with you; go on, I must stay awhile behind. Do you think, said _Hopeful_, that such men as these have never any convictions of sin? _Christian._ Without doubt they have, more or less, but they desperately stifle them. _Hopeful._ Nay, why should they stifle them? _Christian._ 1. Because they think these fears are wrought by the devil, which indeed are wrought of God. 2. They think also, they have no reason thus to fear, and therefore harden themselves in presumptuous confidence. 3. They see these fears would rob them of their beloved self-righteousness, and therefore resist them with all their might.