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They

acre

640.4 that

baffler

tired

thirt,

good of this'righteoufnei's

as

if

thou

had'li

fatisfied and

obeyed

thy

felfe, confider of

this,

this will

fill

indeed,

thou (halt

have

the fruit

and

the

benefit of

this righteoufnefs

as

if thou

thy

felt*

had'ft fatisfied

the Law,

and

had'ft obeyed thy felfe;

if

it

Were

poflible for

a

creature to

fatisfie Gods

Juftice,an,

l

to

diffchar.

the

Law;

there

woúld

be

expecting very

great

good

to cons.

of it

,

thou

(halt

have

as

much

as

if

thou thy felfe

had'fl borne

the

punishment

of

what

thy

fin

had deferued,

yea

there

fill!!

be

greater

benefit come

by

what

Chrilt

hath

faris;

ed-

and

done,

then

if

thou

hadll

fatisfied and done

it

thy

felfe,

if

this had

been the

way

of

:;od,

that

fo

many

as

t

intend to

fave,

they

(hall lye

ten

rhoufand

thoufan..l

years

in

flames

to

fatisfie

foi

their

fin, and

they

íhaltperfe

ly

obey my Law and

fo

Il'e

be

reconciled to

them,

now

thou

wouldetl think

it

a

bl

iled thing

that thou had'fl

gon,ee¡hrough

this work:but know

if thou

had'fl

gone through

it,

anc

oGod reconciled,

thou

couldell not

éx

pea

fuch

love from

God,fuch acceptation with

God after this,

as

no*

thou

mayfl

expeo6

upon

the

fatisfacaion

that Chrifl bath

made

byhis perfect

righteoufnef

e

;

and

therefore

chop

(halt

be

filled,

for

thou

(halt

have

more

then

if

thou

hadil done

it

thy

felfe.

Fourth)

j,

Thou

flaalt

hereafter

know,

that

God

in fending

his

Son

to

wo.ke

Inch a

righteoufneffe

as

this

is,.

he

had

an

in-

tenion

at

thee

in

particular

;

When

Chofe

eternal!

Counfell:;

of

his

Will

were that

his Son

should come into

the World

and

worke this

glo

ious

right

oufneffe,

the Lord

had an

intention

toward

thee,

and

faid,

now

l'le

fend

my Son

to worke

this glorious

and

eternal( righteouinef a for the goòd

of

this

foule,

and

for

the

good

of

the

other foul,

and

Will

not

this fill

`thee.

Fifthly,.

Chrifl

{hall

bring

thee

one day

before

his

Father

(lining

bright in

this righteou(nefle

;

that

was

the

defireable-

neffe

of

it,

that

I

fpoke of,

and now

I

make

ufe

of

k

onelÿ

to

(he

v

haAv

fuch as

doe

hunger and

thirfl after

it

(hail

be

filled.

Sixthly,

Thou

(halt eternally

enoy

all

the

fruits

6f

chi's

ìighteouineffe,

and

certainly this will

fill

thee

as

full

as

eves

thou