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Go
fpel &em
f
scora.
is
part
:
Mark this,
That
which
muff
be
the
ground
of
the
par-
don
of
thy
fin,
mull' be
that
that
muff
fatisf
e
for
thy
fan
paft,
and
for
all thyfins
to
come
;
and
that
was opened unto you
in
opening the myfteries
of
godliiiefs
in
the Pardon
and
Juftifica-
tion
of
a
fanner.
2.
Know
this,
that
God
accepts
of duties,
not
for
the
duties
themfelves, but
becaufe
he
accepts
of
the perfon
that
performs
them
;
God
does
not
accept
of
the
duties,
and
then
of
the
per-
fon, that
is
not Gods way
:
but
he
accepts
firff
of
the
perfon,
and then
of
the
a
&ions
:
God
never
accepts
of what
we
do,
till
he
accepts
of
our
perlons
;
As
Abel,
God
had
regard
to
Abel's
perfon
firft,
andthen
to
his
offerings
; fo
God
has
firft
regard
to the perfon
of
any
man ,
and then to
his
Offerings
:
thou thinkeft
thou
art
a
poor
wretched creature,
and
then
thou thinkeft
it may
be,
if
I
had fuch and
fuch
parts,
and
could do thus
and
thus,
then God
would
accept
of
me
;
I
tell
thee,
all
thy
parts
and
performances are cart away,
till
Gcd
accept
of
thy
perfon.
St.
Paul
was blamelefs
according
to
the
Law,
and
yet
he
accounted all
lofs
for
Chrift
;
for
he
knew, that
when
God
revealed the
Gofpel
to him, that
he
could not
be
accepted
for
his
righteoufnefs
;
but
his
perfon
muff firft
be
acceped, and
then
his
righteoufnefs
:
So
that
the
way
of
new
Obedience,
and
the
work
of
Sand
ification
,
are
the qualifications
of
the man
that
is
juftified
;
but
not
the
conditions
required
for
the Juftification
of
his
perfon
;
'tis not that that
juftifies
the foul, the
Juftification
of
the
foul
comes
not
through thefe,
but thefe flow from Juftification
;
and untill
a
foul
underftands
this,
he
never
rightly
per-
forms
duties.
Therefore further, to
conclude
this, though
good
Works
and
new Obedience are good
Nurfes
unto
faith
;
yet ifyou
make
thefe the
other
of
your
faith
,
your
faith
is
but
a
Baftard faith
;
thefe
are
not the
right
Mother
of
Faith
:
if
your
faith
be
begotten out
of
your
Duties
and
Per-
formances,
and
your
faith
have
no
other Mother
than
thefe,
then
your
faith
is
illegitimate,
and
not
true
born
, it has
not
the
right
Mother.;
The
right
t'llother
of
faith,
is
the
mani-
feftation
of
the
freenefs
of
Gods
grace in
the
Covenant
of
the
Gofpcl,,fhewed
btnto
the
Soul
through the
mediation
of
the
Son
Bf