TO THE

Righteousness of God:

OR, THE

NECESSITY

OF TRUSTING TO A BETTER
RIGHTEOUSNESS than OUR OWN.

Late Rector of HARLEY in SHROPSHIRE, and
Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of BRADFORD.

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Extract from the Rev. Mr. James Hervey's

Letters, Vol. VI. Letter 201.

"Mr. Jenks has written a little Treatife, excellently good, and truly evangelical; it is entitled, Submiffion to the Righteousness of GOD. It was one of the first Books that gave me an Infight into the Truth of the Gofpel; or the Way of Salvation, by the infinitely glorious Obedience of our Surety, JESUS CHRIST." —May GOD influence every Reader's Heart with the fame Spirit.

TO THE

R E A D E R.

THIS

HIS little TRACT, which now for feveral Years has paffed in the World with fome Acceptance, and, for ought I know, without any publick Contra diction, adventures again abroad in another Edition. The former Impreffion being a good while fince gone off, I hope to the good Satisfaction of all fuch as feek after that Righteousness, the Work of which is Peace, and its Effect Quietnefs and Affurance for ever.

And if there be not fuch an univerfal Acquiefcence among us in this comfortable Doctrine of our Church, as there feems to be at this Time in the happy nurfing Mother of our Church, those Prejudices and Grudg ings which may yet remain against it do afford reason, more than I could wifh, for the further infifting upon it; but no Reason can I apprehend, why a Minifter of the Gospel should fear to perfift in afferting the Faith of the Gospel; and fuch a Truth as is of the last Importance, plainly taught by the Church, as well as by the Scripture, in Terms fo exprefs, that a great Man in the learned World, one of the eminent Heads and reputed Oracles of his Univerfity, (my worthy Friend, lately gone to Reft from his arduous Labours) could not forbear to make the ingenuous Acknowledgement, that I had the Articles of our Church clearly on my Side. And when I minded him of a penetrating Expofitor prefiding in this Church, who (a little before) had endeavoured to give thofe Articles a Turn the Remonftrant Way, He replied with fome Heat, "It will never do; and "that it was a vain thing for any One to attempt it." Though, at the fame Time, himself thought fit to

undertake