The fore Trial of Vprigbme. .:..fs_._____ -=3:..:..5-'-)- Pr::tycr mufr. ~e contit~ual : if we inter~it this rccour.fe to ~cavcn, we fl;<:!ll prci.e.n~!Y fi:1d m.u· fC~vcs like Sampfrm_whcn his Hatr was.fhav'd, w~akl1kc oth~r M;::a. ~rac-: m rhc Sa1nrs IS nor like Light 111 the ,Sun, that fpnngs from Itfclf, bnt like rh~ L1gh~of:a , Lamp that is confiantly fed wuh Supplies of 011,. orherwifc rh~ weak L1gnt wtll fa1~t :md dye. Inherent Grace is mainrain'd by the contmual Em~nattons from .rhc haly :'ip1rir : Nay rhc Habits of Grace are drawn. forth into ~d and _vtgorous ExcrcJfc, by fliper- \'cnicmcxciring Grace without wl~ich rhey would be meffc~tve and t~felcfS. As there cannor be actual Sight,. unlcfs the L1ghr in the Eye be irradiated by Light of the Air: So with~l!t fpcc ial ariifbng Gra~c WC cannot do anr fpmtual Good nor J\-'Otd Evtl: \Vc fl1all be fotl' d by every TemptatiOn, even the befl: W!a leave God, and proYoke God to leave them. O ur Saviour therefore enjoyns his Dtfctplcs the double Dury, W.:uch mtd ptay, Lejt.ye enter into Temptation . Dtrvidwith his fcvcre Refolutions to be ctrcumf}lcct, joyn'd his f<.:n'cm Rcquefis to God : Jfaid, !wilt tal:e heed to my 'ways, tbat I fin not with myPf..l. 1oJ3. 3· Jo;tgue, I will keep nry Mouth witb a Bridle, while '.he wicked is before m~. Set _a V!~'atch, 0 ;,or;~g1~1,~~:: :~;;~;c::~~~::\::~,;:,;;c;~ff{ni'tJ~d, ~~i~/j~ill/;1 p~~~~~~;~c~!~~ccetfary La!tly, F:1:1th m rhe Redeemer ts a Sovereign effectual Means for rbc Qlotofying Sin. The So!l of God incarnate is the Founrain of .inherent as well as imputCd Righrcot~tnciS: Gr:1ce and Glory arc conveycq ro us by rhe Hands of the Mediator. The Supctnm:nral Power to do Good, and vanquifh Evil is from him : Of our [elves we cannot conceive a good Tbougbt, througb Chrijf .f!re~gthening us we c~n do all. things . Spirimal Blcffrng~- he purchils~ci for tls by his Hmmhatton, and confers m his Exaltation. lfe gave bimfe!f'for Eph. <t. s. /{~~n~';;~~; a~d~,[{e,7J~~~ ~;~;fc:i~;/~1f;fsattl;~r K~;~;t;;f, ~{.::;~i~~~·~:~:ew;f{r~ Pr.t .,. ' Men. Fie grues Repehtnnce, wluch pnnctpaUy contifis m the mortifytng Sm : be ble:f{es Aa.s 5· u.s, i11 turning us{r<!m our lniq~~ties. ' ' 1 ' ' • •• ' . ;:, J •• - r 1~he ~orti~catroh of Sints 'pecu~iarly aruibutcd to hts J?c~th. 1. ~tth refpcd_ro .rrs , m-entonous G~uHtliry, that reconctl'd -God to us, and ob~ru n'd of lum rhc !:tilt1zfjing ·S[)~Ht rhat'~:s rh~ l Se~l of hi~· r!d~·e , to _·co~·anunicate the Divine Nature. ro us, bJ wh~b :~~1'ftft~~;:r;0;h~P~~d:~1;rt~l::~hSi~:;~ :th;~:s;s ~~-rcfi~~1~1:~dec~~r;~~ 0r~ a ~J~t~~ there mull be the payment of the Ranfom, and rhe breaking of his Ghains, fo in redeeming a Sinner there was the price laid down, the unvaluable Blood of the Son. of God, to procure O~!r fpiritua l Freedom: For the ignominious and cruel Bondage under Satan, was the penal EffeCt of the firfl: Trantgrenion : And the invilib!e Chains, rhe Darkncfs of Mind, rhc Hardncls ofHeart, rhe Rebellion of Will, the Difo,dcr ofAffections, and all the vicious Habits that kept him in the Bondage of Satan, arc to be broken and removed. For this Rea!on 'ris laid, Godfending his Son in the likenefs offinful Flejh, andfor Sin condemning Sin the Flejh: that IS, Clmfi d)rtng as a Sacrifice for Sm, reconciled God, and the Fruirofrhat Reconciliation, is rhe breaking rhc Tyrannous Empire of Sin · under wh ich we were involv'd, that we may enjo)r the Liberty ofrhe Sons of God . S:n brought our Saviour to the Crofs, and he brought Sin to the Crofs : When he dy'd nan~ rally, Sindy'd legally, that is, was condemn'd t o lofc its Power in the Hearts and Lives of Believers. T he excellent Ends of our Saviour's Death arc exprefs'd by the Apo!lle; He !!,~:'_~ i'}!nfelffor us, rbat be migbt redeem us from all Iniquity, abolifh tbe guilt of Sin, .and ';;'~!,~f{ol~'d1! sr.:,cu;:~r,::tl~i~e;~ou£i;( g;;:!";:~~~- ~i,ellb~~~~~fa~e~r,~f;~~a;~~'!~ rent Believers; and a univerfal crucifixion of Sin · is the imitation of his Dea:h. T!:c Apofilc infifis on this as a Truth of the clearcfi Evidence to C hrifiians, K,tow ye not th.:u fo ~a~v a! wer~ baJ!tiz.ed into Jefus Chrijl, were baptized into his DeatiJ .J Therefore we an! burted IV!tb lnm m Baptifm; that as ChriflwaJ raifed up from the Dead, by the Glory of tbe Fatber, even fe we alfo. jhould walk in newnefs of Life. For if we have been planted togetber w the ld:enefs of Ius Death, we jhall be a/fo m the ltkenefs of Ins Reforreflion. Knowing this, fhat our Old Man is crucified witb him, that the Body of Sin migbt be dej}ro)'~rl,/bM hencefortb wejbould n~tjerve_Si11. The fum of which ReafOning is, that our cruc1fymg rhc corrupr Nature, with all tts various AffeCtions and Lu!ls is a livelv rcfembbncc ~f the Death of ~hrifl: , which was defign'd borh_ to be opcra~i~e in_ us_ of the Ds,a~h of Sm, n:1d to b~ figntficarive of it. From whence 1t follows, 'ns the md1ipen[.tb1C"'t>uty of aH Chri!l:ians to tranfcribe th e Copy of his Death in t heir Hce1rts and Li\·cs. <· The Death of Chrifl: mortifies Sin by moral InAuc nee, as 'tis an Expreilion of God's tranfCend..;m Love to u.;;, and his Righteous and Holy Severity againfr Sin; horh which arc fr.tch powerful Motives to dcfl:roy Sin, that whoever does nor feel their Efficacy, is· dead :ts the Grave, without th~ !:::111: vitalSp:ark of grateful Love to Chri!l:. Now
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