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The

defireableñeffe

of the

.Objea .hungreckafter,

demands of

the

law

over

to thy furety,

and

God

will never

come upon the prin iple

in this cafe

but

upon

die

furety

by

having

this righteoufneffe

thine,

thou comeft

here

to

be

able

to

give

the

Law what

it

will

ciaime,and

todifcharge it

of

what

-

ever-it

bath

to-

charge upon

thee.

Fourthly,

By this

righteoufneffe

the

hazard

of

ìnifcarrying

to

all

eternity

is

quite

over

;

when

the

foule comes

to

appre-

hend

this

righreou.fnefs,

it_may

fee

in

the

bowels of

it

(as

it

were)

an

absolute

fafety,

and

bletfed

fecurity

may this but

be.

made

-over

to

my

foule, though

it's

true.;

that yet there

will re-

mainmuch

unrighteouinefíe

in

me,yet

I

know

that that

un>igh-

teoufneffe that will remaine

in

me shad never

hazard the

eter-

nail mifcarrying

of

my

foule, but

that

all

the

hazard of

that

is

quite

over

;

Is nor this defireable?

what

would,

any

.,.troubled

foule give

to

/know

the

hazard of eternal! miîcarrying

over

that

doth but

understand what

eternity

meanes, and apprehends

any

hazard

of

mifcarrying

in

ir, there's nothing

can

latisliethe

foule

but this;

if

fo

be

that

I

think

to

fatisiïe my foule in

the

matter

of

my

eternalleftate,

and

in the

deliverance from the

hazard of mifcarrying,

by what

I

doe, to think Ile mend

my

life

and doe

better

(though every

one

fhould doe fo) yet

fill

the

feares will

returne

upon

the

foule againe,

there

will be

an

uncertainty

whether

I

fhall

mil-Carry

for

ever

or

no

?

it

may

be

I

flail,

it

may

be

I

nail

not,

I

hope

God

will

accept

of

me,

but whether

he

will

or

no

I

cannot

tell, but

now when

the

foul.,

comes

to

underfland

fuch an

infinite

and

a

glorious

righteouf

-'

neife

to

be made

over

to

it

in

.

the

way

of

the.

Gofpel,furely

now

the

foule

is

able

to blefle it

felfe

in

Jefus

Chrift,

and

to

fay,

My

foule

returne

unto

thy

reji

for the

Lord

hath

dealt

bountifullly

.

with

thee

:

Now

though thou

beef

unrighteous

in thy

felfe,yet

there

is

that

righteoufneffe

as

Both

free thee

from

any fuch

danger ofmifcarrying, but

thou art certainly fafe,this

will

cet-

vainly

bring

thee

to

eternal! life, For there

is

no

condemnation

to

them

that

are

in

Chrift'efsu

:

It's

impofiîble for

a

foule

that

-God

the Father

(hall looke

upon

in

the

righteoufneffe of

his

Son,

a

foule

fo

righteous

is

a

beleever

is through

the

righteouf-

neffe

ofChrift, to

niifcarry

to

eternity, that

even

God fhauld

come