Alarm frJ the Unregenerat;, State It is true, the1·e is anoiher covenant brought in: but what is · .that to thee,who art not bn;nrght into it? Thou mufi needs ·. ·be under one of the two covenants ; either under the' Jaw I ~ or under grace. That thou a1 t net undergrace, the domini· on o.f )in oyer thee rnanifelUy'evinceth; therefore thou art · under the /ar-JJ, Rom. vi•. l 4• Do nor think God has laid a– i'ide the fir!l: covenant, Jl.1at. v. q, 18 . Gal. iii. 1o. No, he ' will magnify the la'Lu, andmcd<e it honourable. It is broken · 'indeed on thy part; but it is abford to think, that therefore your obligation is diifolved. Nay., thou muft fiand and fall by it, till thou Crtnfl: prodt1ce thy difcharge from God hima·. felf, wto is thy patty in th:.Jt cov.enant; and this thou canft' not· pretend to, feeiog thou art· not in Chri.l1. . Now, to give you a view of your mifery, in 'tbis refpecr, , confider thefe following thing!!. {I.) Hereby ye are bound : over to death, in virtue ofthe thr'catning of death in th_at· covenant~ Gen. ii. I7.• The condition being broken, ye · fall under the penalty; _ s'o it -c,mcludes ,you under wrath. ( i) There is rlo falvarion for·you on& r this covenant, but· on a con,dit1on impo.fiible to be Rerformed by. you. The j oft ice of God muft be· fini.f}ed fqrthe-wrong yob have done ~ alr.e.ady. God hath writte,ri this ' truth in cha~aeters of the · b.lood of his own Son. Yea, and thou muft perfectiy obty .. the ,law for the tiri1e to come: So faith the law, G'al. iii.'12. The man that doth them, jhalllive in tbem. · Coine then, 0 finntr, f~e if thou canft make a ]_adder, whereby thOU \ mayft -reach th~ throne of God: ftr'etth forth' th'ine arm~, ·aad try·, if thou canft .fly on the wings of the wind, . catch . ho-ld of:the·clouds, and pierce tll rough thefe viii'ble hea-vens; . and ·theD: either climb over, or h• . ak through the jafp~r · ·walls of the city above. Thefe things {halt thou;do, as 'foon 2S tbQU fnaft reach heaven in-thy natural ftate; Or UO• · der this covenant. ( 3.) There i's no pa.rdon under this co– 'fenant. Pardon is t he bendit of another ·covena~t, with ... whtch tho9 ho.ft ·nothing to c!o, . .Ac?s xiii. 39· A11d by h'im · all that beliet;eare j ufiifi~d.frr,m all things, 'from which ·y~ cf! uld.not bejufi~/ir:d by thelt~w of Mofos ._As for thee, thou · 1 an in the har:d nf a, merc ilefs cre~itor, which will take thee by the ·throat, fayin.g, Pay •tvhat thou owdf.; and, crft thee.· into. prifon, there to remaif!~ till thou haft paid the utm,oft .farthint;; unlds thou beft fo ..w.ife.as Jo .. t a cautioner in 1
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