inContaíng liebetnptton. 339 Chap. i 8. CHAP. XVIII. Examples haveafpecial Efficacy above Precepts toform ut to Holinefs. The Example of Chrift is molt proper to that end, being abfolutelyperfect, and accommodate to our prefnt fiate. SomeVertues are neceffary to our con- dition ai Creatures, or to our condition in the World, of which the Deity is :incapable ; and thefe eminently ap- pear in theLife of fChrift. They are Humility, Obedi- ence, and Lovein fuferingfor us. His Life contains all our Duties, or Motives to perform them. gefus Chriji purchafed theSpirit ofHolinefs.by his fufferings, and confers it fence his Exaltation. The SancTt fyong Spirit is theConcomitant ofEvangelicalMercy The Su- pernatural Declaration ofthe Law on Mount Sinai, and the natural 'vifèovery of the Divine Goodnefs in the Works ofCreation and Providence,werenot accompanied with the renewing efficacy ofthe Spirit. Tt.-e lower Ope- rationsofthe Spirit were only in the Heathens. The Philofophicalchange differs fiom the Spiritual andDi- vine. Socrates andSeneca confidered. Our Saviour prefents theftrongeft Inducementsto perfwade us to be ho- ly. They areproper to work uponFvar,l-7ope and Love. Thegreatnefs ofthofe Obje s,and their rush, are clearly manifefted in the Gofpei. THe Second Means by whichourRedeemer reftores us to Holinefs, is by exhibiting a compleat Pa- tern ofit in his Life upon Earth. For the difcovery how influential this is upon us, we muff confider, That of all the molt noble works, the principal Caufe isan °xaCt Patern in the mindof theAgent which he endea- X x a yours
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