Security again Death. id deliver this (Whine not fo darkly as the Prophets before him, norfo clearly, as after it was by our bleffed Saviour, and chafe that fuccreded him. Therefore I fay, it isthe Saying ofChriftby an excellency, becaufe he did ina manner firfi begin co teach and declare the fame, in the clearnefs and fweetnefs thereoft and he Pent his Apoftles abroad to make it plain and manifeft to all the world, that amanmay run and read it. And His likewifehis called, becatife he is the Author ofit; forhe is the worker ofthat falvation which it declareth to us. Now this Dottrineofthe Gold bathtwoparts. The firft acquainting us with our mifery. The fecond with theRemedy. ` For as the Bondand Acquittance fpecifie the debt, brit tò different purpófes, the ne to tietheDebtor to the payment, theother to abfolve andacquit him: even fo theLaw and the Gofpel both declare the mifery ofman, thróne totie it fall spoil him, the other to helphim the betterto loofeitfromhitm The Phytitian intreateth of the ficknefs as well as the Cure,but of the ficknefs alonefor the cares fake : The Judge paffeth a fcntence ofcondemnation,and then largely rehearfcth thecrime and punilhment due to the offender: the Pardon likewifc makes mention of the fault( and the punilhment, but ina different manner, and to a different end, 'So the Gofpel declareth mans mifery, and borroweth fo much of the Law, that may lay down our wretched efiate in our felves, and fodraw in that which is the main and principal part ofit;the remedyofour fouls. And this part ofthe Gofpel the Apoftle St.Paul fuecindtly delivereth in afew words, Romig. Z3. sill bane finned, and are somelhort oftheglory ofgod: Allhavefnned,and Allhave finned in-fueha fhort,and meafure, and degree, that ;hey are fallenAare of thegloryofgod, by which the Apoftle (I think) meançth, ,lifçf~ternal that Glory, that (had it not been forfin) he wouldhave bellowed upon the foils ofmen, by vertue of the first Covenant he made with them. , . ,The fecond part oftheGofpèl, the wordsofChrift, is concerning the Remedy, wherebyamanmai behelped- againft this niifery.' And for that purpofe itthewoth us, Who helped:, we ; Andbow he helpsur. - , wind what ii to be done by or felves , that we may obtain and enjoy this help. s ThePerfori that helpeth us, is the,Son; )Wamfefl in the flef ', ,thé Son ofGod taking ournatureuponhim, and cioathir g himfelf in the, fimilitude offinfulffefh.: the Eternal Son of the Father, alfuming (I fay) the very nature of man into the unity ofhis Perfon, fobecomingGod and Man in the fame Pet fon, he is:the foie Redeemer, neither is thereanyothernametender heaven bywhich we can canbe faved, busby his alone. , . .. . , , . . . ;. ., Again, it. fheweth usby What means he faveth us':.astheApoftlefpeáks plain e- nough jn..thc next yerfe to that, I fpake ofbefore, being luflified freely by hiegraie . throne, the redemption that U in fe/ueChrif.' To the intent that he might freeus from the Curfeofthe Zaire, and wrath ofGod, and the danger of eternal Death, he vo uchfated to be madefinfor ut, to fatisfi'e the juftice ofhisFather, by endu- ring the Curfeofthe Caw, and toaccomplifh'the Rjghteeofneft of the Law, by be. in made (inour flead) senderthe Law .n fo he became aPropitiationfor the(insof the tons amen,as, the Apofile faith in that place. Thus Chrift.by hisperfeft fatif. faction made to his Father, and bythat perfeft Righteoufnefi vvhereby.he was rub- ¡eel to the Law for our fakes,hath abfolutely and fullydelivered us from thepower elfin andofDeath,and perfarmcd the workofour Redemption : by vertuewhere- of, by the merit, .and,worth, and valuewhereof weare delivered,..and raved, and Redeemed from this Death, and from all other evifs that crois oui eternal happi- nèfs, . And thirdly,the Gofpél theweth us by what means wemay becomepartakersof this happinefs and Redemption in Chrift ,; and telleth us of three things, (as it were) Conditions ofthe CovenantofGrace, oftheNewCovenant, which.is ratified by the blood of Chrift. Ifay of three things, the Conditions (onour parts) of 213 Twopani of the Gofpel. t. Sheaving out mifecy, Rom. 23. CI The rime, dy againa ii & witty. t. TheItfdeo- merr . The man- net how we areredçetned. ltom.g, aqa ti Themean, how to enjoy the remedy.
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