lloun~ of • 39 .they were lying under : for the , or brokeh covenant of works, was fo far from being negleCted in th~ new bargain, ~hat whatfoever it had to charge upon; or . demand of, the parties contraCted forJn the new_. co-– venant, was fummed up, and (et dowh therein, to qe fully cleared by Chrill: thei~ Surety-contracrer for .them. Now~ ll:ating that righteoufnefs from thence, it will be_ found to confill: of three parts, making fo many con– ditionary articles of the covenant of grace ; to wit, Holinlfi ofnature, righteou.foeft of life, and fatisfac– tion for fin : of the which in order. A R·TIC LE I. Holinefs ofNature. THE law requireth holinefs of nature, -as a con– dition of life, inafmuch as condemning origi- .nal fin, faying, Thou]halt not covet, it concluded all men to,be by natur.e children ofwrath. For God be– ing effentially holy, holy by neceffity of nature; no· thing can be fo contrary to God, ·as an unholy nature: becaufe, howbeit perfons or things, of a like nature, may be c<;m.trary in fome points; yet they 'can never be fo contrary one to another, as thefe ofquite oppo· fite natures. But the parties contraCted for in ·the covenant _ of grace, having their nature wholly corrupted, and being ipca pable to. purify it, or make their heart clean, Prov. xx. 9· 'tis evident, they _ could by no means anfwer this demand of the law, by , themfelves. Wherefore, for the fatisfacrion of the -law . in this point, it was fettled as a conditionary article of the covenant ofgrace,That Chrill:, the fecond Adam, reprefenting them, lhould be aman of a perfeB:ly ho: ly,. pure, and untainted nature, folly anfwering foc them the holinefs and perfeB:ion of riature required by the law. ' For fuch an High·priefi beca1ne us, who is <t' ' . holy,
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