I 22 Th~ Conditionary Part whi~h is filed for you.' And the fame is that which Chrifl:, as the fecond Adam, did from et..:rnity confent unto, undertake, and bind himfelf for ; and which he did, in time, according to agreement, perform. ·Thus he himfelfreprefents it, Mat. iii. 15. 'Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteoufnefs ;' namely, as it becometh a perfon of honour and credit to fulfil his bargain, Luke xxiv.. 26. ' Ought not Chr'ifi to have · fuffered thefe things ?' To wit, as one ought to per– form the condition of a ,covenant or bargain, he has -agreed to. Secondly, This is the only ground of a !inner's right and title to eternal life : and upon nothing elfe carr he fafely found his plea before the Lord, for life and fc1lvation. ,Eph. i. 7. ' In whom we have r~de.mp· tion through his blood, the forgivenefs of fins, accor– ding to the riches of his grace.' Phil. iii. 8, 9· 'That I may win Chrifl:; and be found in him, not having mine own righteoufnefs - but--the right.eoufnefs which is of God by faith.' Surely, upon the condi– tion of the covenant fulfil1'd, one may found his plea before the Lord, for the benefits promifed in the co· '( ven~nt; but no ruan may found his plea before the Lord, for thefe, on any work or deed of his own whatfoever,no not on faith itfelf; but only on Chrifi's fulfilling all righteoufnefs : therefore, nq work nor . deed of ours whatfoever, no not faith itfelf, dm be the condition of the covenant of grace properly fo called ; but only, Chrifl fu!ftlling all righteoufoefi . The,finner fl:anding in the court of confcience, trem· bling before the Lord, flees in under the covert of that righteoufnefs fulfilled by the Mediator, and dare oppofe nothing but it to the condemhing fentence of the law, giving up with all other pleas for life and fa lvation . Believing in Chrifl: is the pleading upon · that ground, not the ground of the finner's plea; it fa ith, My Lr;rd and my God in the promife, upon the gr-ound ofChrifi's fulfill!ng all righteoufnefs, allenar· ly,
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