I 68 The Promifo ·' and· of living unto righteoufnefs ; to qo every duty that is required ofhim,. and to bear whatfoever afflic– tion is laid upon him, Pfal. xxii. 30. ' A feed lhall ferve him. Zech. x. 12• .A,nd I will firengthen them in the Lord, and 'they fh::lll walk up and down in his · tlame. HoC xiv. 9. The lways of the Lord, are right, and the jufi fhall walk in them, Ezek. xxxvi. 27. And I will ci\tlfe you to walk in my :fl:atutes, and ye lhall . keep my juJgments, and do them.' And Dt;ut. xxx. the root-promife of ranctification, in circumcifing of the heart to love the Lord, is in the firfi pl<\ce propof– €d ver. 6. And then follow both the branches there– oftogether, to wit, the promife ofrepentance, and of .aElua! grace for new obedience, Ver. 8. ~ And thou . fhalt return, and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments.' God planted Adam <\ noble vine, made him as a green tree full of .fap, for bringr ing forth all fi·uits of holinels : But breakibg the firft covenant, he and all mankind in him withered and died, under 'the curfe; upon which enfued an abfo~· / lute barrenefs, that no fruits of holinefs could be ex• pected frori1 them, more. But the fecond Adam hav-. ing engaged to fatisfy the law, by bearing the curfe ~ there was thereupon made a promiie of raifing them up again to walk in newnefS of life. And it is per~ form'J in their habitual fanB:ification wrought in them · immediately upon their union with Chrifi : for tho'· fan-frification cloth, in· the orde-r ofn~ture, follow ju– fiifica~ion, ai1d the new relation to God as a Friend, Father, and God ; yet in refpecr of time, it is toge.. ther and at once with them : in the fame moment · that a £nner is jufiified, he is alfo fanctified. But e· :Ven when we are habitually fanctified, thro' the habits of grace infufed into us by the Spirit; we are not of ourfelves, that is to fay, merely upon that fiosk, without new communic~tions of actual grace by the fame Spirit) able to bring forth any f~uit of holinefs : even of our gracious !elves we can do nothing, as our · Sa-
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