3.i a On the Excellency of the Soul. my prayers, my cries, this will not do. - -- It is true, there is not enough in nee, but will not Gods mercy eke it out? - -- No, it is neither what thou doeft, or can't do, or canti be inabled to do, and put Gods mercy meetly without any more, that doth it, but it is a fatisfabtion to luflice, a price paid for the foul; no foul is ever faved, but it is faved in the way of a price, that is paid for i ; and this thou mutt ac- quaint thy foul with, which thoufands of people are igno- rant of; yet they hope to bee faved,- but how :? they will pray to God that they may bee faved, :. and that ::God would have mercy upon them; and is here all ? certainly. this is not the way of the Gofpel; but the way of the Gofpel it is that that reveals unto the foul the price that is paid for a foul, even the blood of Chriß That in Chrifi the great Me- diatour of the fecond Covenant , there is a perfet fatisfa- 5tion to Gods Infinite Jullice; this indeed is a great part of the Myftery of the Gofpel; this is the Caving truth of the Gofpel, and thou must acquaint thy foul with this truth if thou bee faved. - -- And when thou hearth of this truth, perhaps thou can't not understand it for the prefent, Oh then thou hadit need go to God in fecret, and bee crying to him that hee would reveal this truth unto thee. - -- But you will fay,it is not our crying; --- It is true, it is not meet- ly our crying, but there is fomething of God further But God hath made ,many gracious promifes of anfwering our cries,, and now that fo hee may make good his proinifes, hee- will further reveal this Myftery of the Gofpel to thee, that there is a neceflity of fatisfaCion to divine Justice for thy fin that bath brought thy foul into a loft condition. Secondly, And further, A necefíìty of a perfect Right -, oufnefs; wee will not fpeak of any thing controverfai about., it which way it comes to bee applied;- but this all will grant, that there is a perfe& Righteaufnefs that wee have need of; the way of falvation is a perfect Righteoufnefs, thou mull have a furety_ that mull have a perfea .Right-- ,ti,uînefs for thee. Thirdly, And then the way of falvation is this, it reveals an
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