{"number":62,"question":"But why cannot our good works be the whole, or part of our righteousness before God?","answer":"Because that the righteousness, which can be approved of before the tribunal of God, must be absolutely perfect, and in all respects conformable to the divine law: and also, that our best works in this life are all imperfect and defiled with sin.","segments":[{"text":"Because that the righteousness, which can be approved of before the tribunal of God, must be absolutely perfect, and in all respects conformable to the divine law:","proofs":["Galatians 3:10","Deuteronomy 27:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 3:10","osis":["Gal.3.10"]},{"printed":"Deuteronomy 27:26","osis":["Deut.27.26"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and also, that our best works in this life are all imperfect and defiled with sin.","proofs":["Isaiah 64:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 64:6","osis":["Isa.64.6"]}],"note":null}],"section":24,"relations":{"aoc1680":["61"]},"diffs":[{"source":"aoc1680","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"the","position":1},{"text":"can be approved of","position":null},{"text":"tribunal","position":null},{"text":"absolutely perfect, and","position":null},{"text":"respects conformable","position":null},{"text":"divine","position":null},{"text":"and also, that","position":null},{"text":"best","position":null},{"text":"are all imperfect","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}