66 . . Chrifl the Surely as being a deed of tfie Mediator, whereby he promif.. eth fomethirig to God, and engageth that it fhall be performed by them : and fo thefe things performed · by them accordingly, mufi be a part of the condition ofthe covenant. But that finners themfelves perform any part of the condition of the covenant, properly fo called~ cannot be admitted, withour prejudice to the g(ace of the covenant; for, fo far as we perform, . in our own ·perfons, any part of the condition, the reward is not of grace, but of debt : for, ' To him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, . but of debt,' Rom. iv. 4· But the reward is wholly of grace to us, as it is of debt unto Chrifi ; for, ' To him that worketh not, but believeth, on:· him that jufiifieth the ungodly, 1 his faith is counted 'for righte'- ·. o!,.lfnefs,' ver. S· Chap. . xi. 6. ' A.nd if by grace, then it is no more of works : otherwife grace is no more grace.' Suppofe a man is furety for a thoufand pound, for his neighbour who is thereupon to have a right to a certain valuable benefit; and that this 'man abfolutely bec~mes furety for the whole fum, except– ing only an hundred pence, for which hundred pence alfo he becomes cautioner' that it fhall be paid by the principal : 'Tis evident, that the condit.iory of this bargain is divided between the ft1rety and the princi– pal, tho' -indeed their {hares are very unequal : but, however unequal they are, as far as the hundred pence, which the principal pays in his own perfon, do reach, fo far the benefit is of debt to him_. Or, . put the cafe; a {urety engageth for the whole of the .fum payable ; and beficles, is furety for the principal's good behaviour, 'tis evident, that in this cal:e the good behaviour of the principal, is a part of the con– dition of the bargain, ·as well as the payment of the money; fi.nce caution for it is required by him, ·Who is to communicate the , benefit. At this rate, the . condition is Hill divided between the furety and prin– . cipal; and the latter performs a part ,of it, as well as · · · the I .
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