2,66 1ZOt Dummy of íße Zsbine 2Ittttbute. Chap. dant Merit, as purchafes for us Adoption, and all the glorious Prerogatives of the Children of God. Upon Gal" 3' 4' S' *hef.: accoun-s his Blood bath a double Efficacy : As e Blood ofthe Covenant, it procured our Peace ; as the I ü: z1) o loadofthe Teftament, it conveys to us a Title to Heaven xeb 19 it fèìf ; according to that of Sr. Paul, We have boldnefs to enter into the Holieflby hisBlood. I will remove two (lender prejudices againfl this Do- efrine r .That Repentance andFaith are required in order to the partakingof the precious benefits which Chrilf hath purchafed, dbthnot leffen theMerit of his Death, and the compleatnefs ofthe Satisfaéion made to God by it. For we muff confider : There is a great difference between the payment of that the Law requires by the Debtor, and the payment ofthat which was not in the original Obligation by a- nother in his ffead. Upon the payment of the firft,adual freedom immediately follows. Ifa Debtor pays the fum heows,or aCriminal endures the punifhmentoftheLaw, they are actually difcharged, and never liable to be fued or fuller again. But when the fame that the Law re- quires is not paid, but fomething elfe, by another ; the . releafeofthe guilty is fufpended upon thole conditions, which he that freely makes Satisfadcion,and the Gover nour who by favour accepts it, are pleafed to appoint. Now 'tis thus in the tranfaóion of our Redemption : (Thrill laid down his Life for us, and this was not t very thing in ftriâ l'enfe that the Law required; Forac- cording to the threatning, the Soul thatfins (hall die, the Delinquent in his own perfon was to fuffer the penal- ty: and there was no neceffity natural or moral thatob- ligedGod to admit of hisSatisfaction for our difcharge, but in rigourof ju(ficehe might refufe it. If the Law had expreft that the firmer or his Surety fhould fuffer, there
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