. Chrifl's S~f!i_fienry: . __ ·- · · ~9J Chrill: is hel4 .forth as an able Savioar ; · able to fave men from their fins, and from the wrath ofGod. His merit is a fufficie'nt -fconce againfr the*~empefi offiery , wrath;· which incenfed junice is ready to caufe. to fly forth againfi tranfgre.ffors, Ifa. xxxii. 2. 'A man fhall be a covert from the tempei1.' His Spirit is fpfficient t o fanCl:ify the mofl: Ul}holy, 1 Cor. vi. 11. ' And fu~h were fome of you ; but ye are wafued, but ye are fanCl:ified, but ye are jufiified in the n~me of the Lord. J~fus,and . by the Spir.it ofour ·God.'The righteoufnefs. he fulfilled as the condition of the covenant, is fo valuable in itfelf, and in th~ eyes of his Fatq.er, that it is fttfficient to .procure jufl:ification, Cantl:ification, .and all other faving bene(its ,to finn~rs, w~o i.n them.. felves deferve death and damnation: fo that they are happy who are in him ; they fuall never peri{Q," but have everlafiing life, qeing eternally fecure under the covert of hisxighteotifnefs, -as a fufficiept _defence.:: ,Pe{ievfjl thou -'this ~ ~ . , This is the geqeral faifh of the gofpel, which being without particular appl-ication, doth not unite the fin– ner to Chrifl:, nor ,enter him into the covenant; and Illay be found in reprobates and fallen angels; bei~~ only an ·affent in general to the truth of the doctrine- · _ of t~e gofpel, Mat. xiii. 20, 21. and viii. 29. But, by the nature of the thing, 'tis ·neceffarily_pre-requiijt~ to a faith of particular application /: for I mu!t fir~ believe a faying to be true in itfelf, before I can tru~ to i~ for my part ; I .mufl: fidl: ·beli~ve a thing to be good in itfelf, before I can ~elieve th~t it is good for me. But where the faith of the gofpel is carried forwards to uniting with Chrifl:, the effeCt pf this general faidi is very valuable, as well . as nece.ffary. . And that is~ an high efieem of Chrifl: and his covenant,, aa ardent ' defire of union and co~munion with him, a longing ' -Jor his righteoufnefs, as a · hungry man longs fo~ : · meat, or a thirfiy man for drink." The man fee~ · , .· .. . T 4 inde~d
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