~98 . · The Trial of ot~ or in the curfe thereof. How do you·come to be– lieve, That you are a finner? ls it not, that the commands of the law being direCted ~o all men, you conclude and believe, that you being of the number of mankind, they are therefore direcred to you in particular, as weU as to others? And how come you to believe, that you in particular are under the cur-fe of the broken law? Is it not, that, fince the Jaw de· nounceth its curje again£1: ever . .v one, who, being un– der it, breaks it, Gal. iii. 10. Rom. iii. 19. you do conclude and believe, That it curfeth you, forafmuch as you are one of thefe breakers thereof? Now you· have as fufficient grounq to believe, that the offer of the go(pel is tq you in particular ; forafrnuch as it is 1nade to all, without exception, unto whom the gof- . pd ~omes, Rev.. xxii. I 7. Ifa. 1v. 1. It is ordered to be made to every creature .under heaven, Mar.k XVi. 15. ~-\nd how fintul foever you are, 'Y.OU are one of.thefe creatures. . Chrill:'s voice is unto men, fons of ,men: and, be what -ye will, you are one ofman– kind-finners: and therefore the offer is to you in par– ticular, Prov. viii. 4· Accordingly, we are warran– ted; to ap,ply the general offer to every one in parti– cular ; and every one is warranted to apply it to him- , Jelf, AB:s xvi. 31. -' Believe on the Lord Jefus Ghrifi, and thou £halt be faved.' · , Objell . 3· But alas! I fear I want the quatifica· tidns determinative of thefe, to whom the gofpel·of– fer , is particularly direcred. I dread, that I have not as yet got a due fenfe of fin: and our Lord fays ex– prefly, ' They that be whole need not a phyfician, · but they that are fick : I am not come to 1call the righteous, but finners to repenta~ce,' Mat. ix. 12, 13. The gofpcd offer runs in th~fe terms, ' }io, every one that rhirfieth, come,' Ira. lv. I. ' ·Come untome all Yf? that labour, and are heavy laden,' Mat. xi. 28 . ~ Whr/ rlever will, let hi·m take the water of life freely/ _ Re~. xii. 17. But when I view my own conditio9, I very
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