·· • CGnditianary P.arf, &c~ . . · l09 you, yet there was no corrupt natur~ deriv'd from him to yoq ; as pretend, that Chrifi's righteoufnels is imputed to you, while yet ye are not borp again, your nature is n,ot changed, by the communication of fanctifying grace from Chrifi, unto you. Deceive not yourfelves ; ye mufi be regenerate, elfe ye'll pe– rHP.: For, ' except a man be born ;again, he cannot fee the ldngdom of God,' John iii. 4· , Char. 2. They are all righteous and hory in their lives, Ifa. lx. 21. ' Thy people alfo ihall be all .righ- . teous.' Chap. lxii. . I 2. ' And they fhall call them the holy people.' How d~d ungodlinefs, unrighteoufi1efs, . and profanity, enter into the wr;rld, the which ar~ nqw overflowing all banks ? Was it not by one man, by 'Adam's fin, which is imputed to all mankind ? Rom. v. I 2. Then be fute, if the . fecond Adam's rightequfnefs be imputed to you, holinefs of life will come along with it, 1 Cor. vi. I 1. ' But ye are waili.– ed, but ye are fanctified, but ye "are jufiified.' Does fanetification thel} go before jufiification ? , No : But it bath a necelfary dependence on jufiification,. and evidenceth it to the world, and to · ones own confci– ence. Unjufiified, unfancrified; and unfanCl:ified,unjuf– tified. Did our bleffed SaviC?ur come into the world, and in our nature lead a holy and righteous life, that men rpight live as they lifi? Nay, quite the contrary; even ' that we being delivered out of the h~nds of u ' our enemies, might ferve him without fear, in holinefs and righ teoufnefs before him all .the days of · our life,' Luke i. 74, 75· If then Chrifi lived fqr you, aifutedly ye fuall live for him. Copfider this, ye who are far from righteou{nefs of life, living in the neglect af the duties either of the firfi or fecond table ,or both. Your ungodly and unrighteous life de– clares,you to be yet in your fins, urrder the curfe~ and far from righteoufne(S imputed. There · is indeed a ' righteoufnefs ofChriJl; bm alas ! it is not upon you : ye are naked for all it, and fiand expofe:.d to reveng· ing ·wrath. Char•. ..
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