( 432) tioce , :t "u3 fpei.;aliy Gape" that men (hall be judged l.y .s Lae Rule, and it be mens Works and Faith that is to be enquired :.firer ( :ere only in fubozdination,to the other ) it muff needs follow that he :hat bath Faith and Works , will be juftified by them at that Iudgernenr, againft the charge of Infidelity and Rebellion. And the Gofpel Conditions must needs be the matter of the Iudgement ,if the Golpel be the Rule of it. And thereore he that now bath the Gofpel conditions of falvation, flnll then be Judged to falvation on that account , ( for the Merits and free gift of Chrift as the ground : ) And to Iudge then to falvation is to Iuftifie : And our Divines commonly contefs that fincere Obedience, Repentance, Love, are Gofpel conditionsof falvation therefore when men are judged by the Gofpel, and it is enquired who bath there Gofpel ccnditions , fo far will they be the very matter of mens Righteoufncfs to Plifi- cation. I'lnke. 76. R. Pinks in his excellent Senn. of fincere Love to Chrift, on Luk. id.. 26. p. z4. &c. Math. ro. 37. He that loveth Father or Mother more then me, its not Worth" of me ; Alas, you will fay, No more is he that loveth him infinitely better then his Father and Mother Yes, fuch a one is worthy of him; Not indeed, will fuch a worthynefs as God may Expect, but with fuch a worthynefs as he in Juflice may Accept : not with fuch a worthynefs by which he may deferve Chrift , for then he would have no need of him, teeing that worthynefs might as well immediately anfwer the Juftice of Godwithout Chrift : but with fuch a worthynefs as may fit him,having need of ChrikandChrift being freely given him, to receive him. What kindof worthynefs is that ? It is the worthynefs of Faith Working by love, confift- ing in a through fenfe of the extreammifery of our greareft hap- pines without Chrift, in aclear perfwafion of the incomparable worth of thofe things which we are promifed in Chrift, and in a well-advifed Refolution to do or fuffer any thing, that we may be affured of our part in them. But alafs what worthynefs is there in all this ? teeing that whatfoever we can poffibly do or fuffer for Chrift in this life, is not worthy to be compared with the glo- ry which (hall be revealed. I anfwer, there can-be indeed no me- ritorious
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