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On
the Excellency
of
the
Soul.
213
-anabfolutenecelíiityof the Application
of
the fatisfa
Lion
:and
Righceoufnefs
of
Jefus Chrift; the
Application
of that,
that
it
muff
bee made thine
force way,
that
thou
muff have
Illy
part and (hare
in
it,
by thy
union unto Chrift; and by
beino.
made one
myffically with him through
Faith,
fo
that
the
foul is
not meetly
faved through mercy
:
Nor
thus, that
Chrift
bee
bath
come
and done
fuch
and
fuch
things, and
therefore faith God
the Father,
for
the
fake
of
Jefus Chrift
I
will fave
thee, for
bee
hash
fatisfied mee by what
hee
_hath
done
:
No,
but there
is
fomewhat
11407e;
I
confefs
it is
true,
in the conclufion wee are
faved for the fake of
Chrift,
but
iris
by
our
union with Chrift,
wee are
united to
Chrift,
and
made one
with
him, and
fo
what
Chrift hath
done for
our falvation,
is
tendred
up
to
the Father
as
ours, wee
be-
ing
one
with
Jefus Chrift
_
fo
that
now,
if
thou
fhouldefl
know
thy rniferable
eftate
by
nature,
and thereupon
inquire
after falvation, and
cry
to God that
bee
would
bee merci-
ful unto thee;
that
is
not enough, but
the Gofpel
reveals
further..
Suppofe thou
cornea
to
know
more
than
thou
canft underfland
by
the light
of nature,
but
yet
the
Gofpel
doth
reveal
to
thee, that not
onely thou muff bee faved by
Chrill, but
thou muff bee
united to
Chrif} by
Faith; there
mutt bee
a
fpiritual marriage
between the
Son
of
God, and
thy
foitl;
thou
mull
have
Chrift
tb
bee
a
head,
and thou a
member;
hee
thy husband, and thou
his
Spoufe;
thou mutt
inquireafter
this
Union,
and
that
is
the
way of beleeving
and
the
fubflance
of
the Apoflles words
to
the
Jaylo-, wheií
bee creed,
what bee
fhould do
to.
bee
faved,
why
fai,çlh
hee,
4e.
éeve
in
the
Lord
7eftr, Chri11,
and
thou
flalt
bee
Paved
.:
It
,muff
bee
through Jefus Chrift,
th"e
great
Mediatoutr
of the
fecond
Covenant,
by
thy
beleeving
in
him
,
and
being
i
iade'one
with
him
that
thou
mull
come to
bee faved.
Fourthly,
And
then the Gofpel
,it
reveals further
as
ne-
ceffiry
to
falvation,
a
neceff
ty
of'Regeneration,
of
being
born
again,
of
having
the
Image of
God
renewed in the
foul,
by
the
Spirit
of
Jefus Chrift,
of being
a
new
Creature,
the want of
which,
if
the
foul_fhoutd now
depart,
is muff
R
t
cer-