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45

g

Paq

Maui

farrutp

It5oo};.

is begun on

Earth, but

perfec`fed

at the

final

Judgement

;

and

both

pats

according to

our

canfïitútive Remi

lion

and

Jiifiifica-

tion

by

the Covenant. Adoption addeth

fome

further dignity

to

Believers, above

what

is

in

bare

Remiflion and Juffification

,

which cometh from the

fame

Merits

and

Gift

of

Clí

ift.

Q8eft.8.

What

believe yon

of

the Refurrcc`lion

and

gerlafting

Life

?

Anfiu.

At

Death

the

Souls

of

the

juifified

go to

Happinefs with

Chrift,

and

the

Souls

of

the

wicked

to

Mifery

:

And

at

the

end

of

this

World,

Chrift

will

come to

Glary,

and

will

raife the

bodies

of

all

men

from

death,

and will judge all

according to

their

Works

:

And

the

Righteous shall

go

into everlafting

Life, where

being made perfeef' themfelves,

they thalt

fee Gad,

and perfectly

Love

and

Praife

him

with Cbrifit

and

all

the

glorified Church;

And

the

reft

into everlafting

Punifhment.

I.

The

fouls

of

the Righteous

go

prefently at

death

to

Chrift

in Paradife or Heaven; and the wicked

to

mifery,

which is

Hell.

2.

Chrift's

fecond glorious

coming

is

the

day

of

our great

Deliverance and Joy,

which all

true

Believers

love

and fhould

long

for.

3.

The Dottrine

of

the Refurre£tion

is

fully

opened

by

Chriff,

fob.

,.

and by

Pan.,

t

Car.

j

5.

of

which Chrift's own

"itefurreai

on

is

our

Pledge.

4. The

laft

Judgment

is

that

which

endeth

all Controverfies ,

and

finally

and perfeätly jutìifieth

Believers, who

were but ini-

tially

arid

preparatorily

juflified before.

Chrift

will be

both

Judge and our

Advocate,

The

Law

of

Grace

(and not

Innocen-

cy)is

it

that

we

muff be

judged

by

;

but according

to

the

divers

Editions

of

that

Law,

which men

I

ived

under.

And

the Works

that

they

fhall be

judged by, are

the

Performance

or

not

Perfor.

mance

of

the Conditions

of

this

Law

of Grace

For

by

the

Works

of

the

Law

of

Padres

or

of

Innocency,

none

can

be

Juffi-

f

ed

Nor

yet

by

any

Commutative Merits of

his

Faith,

Love,

orGofpel-

Obedience

;

but only

as

they

are the

terms

on which

God giveth

the

Life

which

is

purchafed

by

the

Death

and per-

felt

Righteoufnefs

of Chrift

;

which

in the

thing

it

felf

and value

is

a

meet Gift,

thank

the

credee

ox

givi.ng',

it

is

by

the

Law

of

Grace,