4 i8 Sat4ns to tationsmosing men todejpaire,anj erect. an, iv^ern 2 nieafure out unto thernklues Gods mercies according to nut rat ca a, r their owne merits and worthineffe, they muff not looke ovvneri4 !e^ ojir<re,J onelie vpon Gods iuf}ice, and vpon that exact} obedience which the law requireth ofthem, nor yet vpon thofc feare- full punifhments which by their limes they haue iufllie de- ferued, for then Satan will eafilie attaine vt.to his purpofe, and fpeedilybring them todefperation, andvtter deflru&i- on : But they muffgoo outofthemfclues,ard reie&ing their ownerighteoufheufe, as altogether impede& and infuffici- ent,they are to ref} and relic themfelues vpon the alóne righ- teoufneffeand obedience of Chrift Iefus, asbeing in it felfe alfur+icient both for our iufiification and faluation. And as theyhaue one eie on Gods iuf}ice to keepe them from fe- cure prefumption, fo they mull haue the other fitmelie fixt on his infinite ntercie to preferue them from falling into defperation: as they haue one eie on the law to humble them, and tobring them out of thernfelues to Chrif}, fo they muff haue the other eie on the fweete andcomforta- ble promifes of the Gofpell to comfort and raife them vp. Finallie,as on the one fide they behold the curfe ofthe law, and the eternall torments prepared for the wicked : fo on the other fide, theymuff fiedfàf}ly looke vpon the righ- teoufhefhe, death, and obedience of Chrifl; and alfo vpon thofe euerlafting ioies which by his pretious'bloudfhed lice bathpurchafed for them. And ifthusbeing truelyhumbled, andbrought to vnfained repentance, they gooout ofthem- felues,and reiec`ì their owne rightcoufneffe, refling and re-. lyingvpon the alone righteoufneffe ofChrif? for their iufti- fcationand faluation,theymay moll ccrtainelyaflùre them -. felues that they haue in Chrifl fatisfiedGods iuflice, and are by hisdeath reconciled vntohim;that theyarefreed from the curie ofthe law,and from the wrath ofGod; that their fear- let fins arc made as white as wool;and all their imperfections perfe6 ed,byChrifts righteouft;effe and obedience;that they are acquitted from the fentencecfcondeinnation; and deli- t.tered from the fearefull torments ofhell. §.sea.3 But forafim chas thofe who labour vnder the burShen of theirfinnes, andare continually vexed and mooned to clef, perationl
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