Cbri Trecept andPrórrtfe', or, that m}flfcal bodywhereof Chrift is the head ; and, thatcaufcth him tobe one with dze Lather, and to he the child of God, for by faithwe are become the children of iloA Faidì oOeiy fbis Faith in Chrtfi theLaw doth not teach, the former Covenant would not?e-. ! {taught In the What ? to bring to the Law, theRightceufnefsofanother, . thefatisfaCtiorï' (Golpel. of another, and to truth upon that to be.enterained;and received, . the Law rejects it, Thou north pay thy felf, in thy own perfon,: and with thÿ own.goods, thou muff yield perfeíit obedience to the Law, and fully accomplilh it id thy own per - fit : it will not receive payment ofanother for thee ; it will licit accept fatisfa&ion of the righteoufnefs of another+onthy behalf. Put,oh the fwcetnefs of theDoEhrtnc of theGetfpel. If we have a Treafurer that I is able, and willing to pay the debt, that will under and make payment of it, we{ shallbe accepted for hisfake; fo that e givehim thcgloryofrefttngupon this pay-! ment, and be not fo ablurd as to tnixany. aLion (dour own to that payment, that he loath made fullyand compleatly for us. This is a DoCtrineot fwmods , and E favour, and great compallìnn, that though we cannotdo it. of,our (çlvc;, wej (hall he accepted , if our Surety will do it for us, fo that we give our Surety the, gloryof being a perfcEt and able pay- maiher, and rely wholly upon his Patti- faâiott. 3. New obe- The loft part of the condition on our fide, is that we yield 7V,pos obedience to diente. the Law ; Perfectly to obey it ; to which we are tied by the former Cove- . nant, .. ,. How diffcres But now this is the obedience ofthe Gofpel,a -thing far different from the obecü-i ccd fmm that ence of the Lawthat was formerly required in the old Covenant; there a man was;.. required nn- tied, and bound to obey perfcftly, fully, compleafly, without any defe&:;,in des the Law, wold, he mullpay the uttermoft farthing ; he muff do his duty,his whole.duty, in all the parès and degrees, with all fulnels ofperfe&ion,.abfolutely without any &feet or want, without any impetfe&ionat all.. Animpollìble labour for corrupt- ed men ; a fervice that none ( all having loft chafe abilities that God gave man at the firlt ). can ever reach to. But then cometh the.fweet Golpel, the Do&rive of grace and favour, of tender compaffion, and, faith thus; If thou wilt content toobey, thou Pale eat the good things of theLand: Ifyou mortifie the deeds of the body by the spirit,youfhalllive, Rom. 8.t3. But if.you (though never fo much in film under the CovenantofGrace) diveafter theJefh, you (hall die. ''t: Ye fee, 7V en Obedience isrequired ablolutely as a Condition of the Gofpel, for the obtainingof everlalting happinefs, for the cfcaping of Death and Saint fobri faith ; Ifwe wakin the lieht, we havefellowfhip onewith another, and the.blood of Chrift fha/lpurge oes fromall Ñt r,- fo that this walking in the light,: and NewObedi. enee, is.abfolutely requiredof all thofe that intend to be made partakers of Chril and his benefits ; they mull give tip their fouls andbodies as inftrutnents ofhis glory, and not fervefin any longer in the luffs thereof ; they muff not give their members ae weapons ofunrighteoufnefs to fin, But live as becometh them that are one with Chrift,mortifying all the luts,ofthe fie fh,and quickenthemfelhes,or being quicken- ed with him, to pea&ife all good things required inhis word,. and to obey all his commands, which was fire written in Adams heart, and then in Tables of.fdone. .this New Obedience is the fame in fubftairce,that was required in the former,Cove- tiant, but now with a gracious acceptation ofendeavour after perfe,,fition,,iníteadof perfe&ion : the former tied us to the obedience of all that was required,, in all ful- nefs, and then promifing acceptance ; but the obedience that the Gofpel requires, is (}riving to this perfection in truth and fincerity , defiring and. labouring af- ter it , in putting out our (elves towards it , and then promiling acceptance through the perfe &ton of Chrift, in and by which our imperfe ltions are done away... Nove ( Brethren) you underhand what this fayingof the Lord Chrifts is, by venue of the It cpiug ofwhich we muff be fecured ( if vase be lecured) fromthe hurt of Death. What is it novv to Keep thefaying of Chriif? It A
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