106 lnference5 ftom th~ iJJf 2. The law is no lofef, _in that life and falva .. . tion are befiowed on belie\fers in Chrill:. 'T.is fo far from being made voi'd thrrmgh faith, that it is efla– hlijhed thereby,' as the Apoille witne.ffeth, Rom. iii. · , 3 I.• 'God would .never difpenfe his pardons, at the expence of the honour of his law ; nor declare one · rigl~teous, without the righteou/nefs of the law being fulfi!led, either by him, or in him by another, Rom. viiL 4. \Vhereforc, life •md falvarion being ddigned · for the elecr, the law's whole accounts ofall it had to charge on them for life 1 were taken in: and an in– fallible method was laid down, for dearing them; , the burden of the payment, being transferred an Chrill: their Surety. By this exchange ·of perfons, the law had no lofS. Nay, it was 'more for the honour of the · law, that he was made under it, and f<t tisfied it, in virtue oftbe c1aim it had upon him by the fecond eo- . venant; than ii- any being mere creatures, had fatisfi– ed it in all points. -B~t the truth is, they being fin– ners> coulCl never, by any means, have fully f~\isfied it; tho' it had eternally purfued them, aod exacted 0f them, it would never have had enough from them; . whereas no\V, by Chrifi's t<1.king their debt on him, it . , was paid to the utmofl: farthing. ' · lnf 3· Faith bath a broad and firm bottom, to fiand on before the Lord. The believer hath a fhong plea for life and (rdvation, which cannot mifcarry ; name~ ly, the condition of the covenant fulfill'& by Jefus • Chrifi, even :11!!-ri'ghteou.fnefs. ' Having therefore, brethren, boldnefs to enter iilto the holiefi by the blood ofJefus.--Let us draw near with a true heart, in full alTl.Jra-nce of faith,' Heb. x. rg,--22. The broken boards of uncovenanted mercy, and mens'own _ works, whi ch prefumption fixeth upon, cannot but £1il : fince the law admits no life for a finner, on thde grounds. But foraflnuch as there is a gift of Chrijl and his righteonfi.1efs, procl,aimed in the gof– pel, by the authori ty of heaven; he who by faith receiverh
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