Hea·d liT. lV!an unable to r._uover himfilf. the eleCt under arrefr: if he minds to deliver them, the t~rms are known. He mull fatisfy for their fin, by fuffer– ing the' puni01111ent due to it; he mull: do .vhat they cannot do, to '7.vit, obey the law perfeCl:ly, ami fo fulfil all righ– teoufnefs. Accordingly, all this he did, and fo became the end of the law for righteoufnefi to every one that believeth, Rom. x. 4· And now-do!t thou think. God will abate of thefe tenns to thee, when his own Son got no abatement of them ? Exp) C'r it not, t~ough thou fhouloll beg it with tears of blood; for if they-prevailed, they behoved to prevail a.. gainft the 'truth, jufiice and honour of Gocl, Gal. iii, 10. C1trjed is every one that continueth not in all things which ·are written in the book of the la'!JJ, to do them. Ver fe 1 2. And the law iJ mt offaith, but th~ man that doth them, Jha/1 /ivr:· in them. It is true, that God is merciful : 'but can'not he be merciful, unlefs he fave yoll in a way that is neither confifient with his law nor gofpcl ? Hath not his goodnefs and mercy fufficiently appeared in fending th~ Son /Gf his love, to do what the law could not d(), in that it rwa.t 'IJ.,'eak through the jlejh? He has provided help for them that cannot heip themfelves : but thou, , infenfible of thine own weaknefs, wilt needs think to recover tbyfelf by thine own works; while thou art no m9re able to do it, th~n to remove mountains of brafs out of their place. , \Vherefore 1conclude, thou art utterly unable to recover tbyfejf, by the way of works, or of the law. 0 that thou wouldfi conclude the fame concerning thyfelf. 11, Let us try next, what the finoer c:..~n do · to recover · hintfelf, in the 'way of the gofpel: It is likely, thou think– eO:, that ho~beit thou canfi not do all, by thyfelf alo_ne-; · yet Jefus Chrifi ofFering thee help, thou canH of tbyfelf , erpbface it, and ufe it to thy recovery. But, 0 finner, be convinced of thine abfoiute need of the gr~ce of Chrill, for truly there is help offered, but thou canll not accept of it; , t~ere is a rope call: out to hale fhipwrecked finners to J~nd; but alas ! they have no bands to cinch hold of it. They are Jike infants expofed .in: the open field that mufl: ftarve, thollgh their food be lying by them, unlefs one put it into their mouths. To convince natural men of this, let it he confidered. · , ·• Fir.ft, That altb9ugh Chri!l is offered in ' the gofpel, yet theJ
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