Chap.12. and the Covenant of Grace. 75 almoft all acknowledge to bea Condition, and Camero makes it the foie Condition of the Covenant. A Condition it is,as abun- dandy appears, lobe 3. 15, i6. God fo loved the wo ld, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoever beleeveth in him Avoid not perilh, but have everlafiing life. Mark 16, 16. He that belee- veth, and is baptized, !hall be falser], , but he that beleeveth not, !hall be damned. Acis r 3.3 8, 39. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveneffe of fins. And by him all that beleeve are "unified from all things, from Which you could not be jtíft! fed by the Law of Motes. Aóts 16,3 r Beleeve on the Lord iefur Chrifi, and thou !bale be faved, and thy whole houfe. Rom. to. 2. Chrifi is the end of the Law for righteoufrefje to every one that beleeves. Phil. 3.9. And be found in him,not having my own righteoufneffe, Which is of the Law, but that Which is through the faith of Chrifi, the ri hteouf- neffe Which is of God through faith. This is acknowledged by Maher Powell, who though in his Index he affirmes that the Co- venant of Grace bath no Conditions at all, yet he doth not only affirme in a Marginal Annotation, page 56. Faith is mentioned after the manner and forme of a Condition. But fpeaking, page 204. of the Law, and Promifes in the Covenant of Grace he faith, In their termes and conditions they are contrary one to another, for one requires Work!, and the other faith, which conditions are often put in oppofition one to the other. Which fpeech of his affords thefe truths. Firft,That the Covenant of Grace bath its conditions, as well as the Covenant of works. Secondly, That Faith is a condition of the Covenant of Grace, Thirdly, That the con- ditions in thefe Covenants are not the fame, but different; here I ¡hail fubfcribe and reíf fatisfied with this acknowledgement, that Faith is a condition in the Covenant of Grace. Now Faith is confidered under a double notion. Firft, as an inftrument (or if that word will not be allowed) as the way of our intereft in Chrift, and priviledges by Chrift. Secondly, as an inherent Grace or Ch riftian duty to which both the Law and the Gofpel call. The radical grace from which others flow, though not in their being, yet in their farther growth and en- creak. I fpeak of Faith now in the firft acception. Neither as a part or any way a working caufe of the fartherprooreffe in inhe- rent righteoufneffe (fo it will come in the fecond place) but as L 2 interefIing In what fenfe faith is here taken.
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