' I ' , Sta(e of a CHRIST I AN. ~ 5 · ,· aState, where all hope of R_elief is for , ever cut off in the .WayofNature,..r or by any created Help .;·· and where the Execu– tion oj a righteous Sentence on Me1~ for the voluntary V.iq_lation of a-· Law, jufr, holy, and good, can. be no Impeachtn~nt in' the le_aft of the Rlghte~ufnefs of God ; .but then therewith he does fee, fooh aRe– lief brpught · to Light,' as cari not . Q!11 y arifwer the whole Extent ·of this Ruin, but the Glocy of God tn.ore etninently difj_)Iay~d therein, than if the Law had been obeyed, or ab~olutely executed-,in .its penalty on · the whol~ Race ~f Man. Yea, which 1]1a}_ces 'this more WOl)deiful, to fee ahjgher Difpenfation of Grace un– to Man, now under the ·Gafpel,, than \\' _as to Adanz inhis pritnitive State; whereby · innumerable Chriftians1 are made to e.h· ..... dure a!ld prevail over ftronger Affaults) · ,, J than broke ,. hitl;l evet:l in his Integrity; . which is a Thing fo 1nnrvellous, that rhe great andjnfinite Goa only could find out , . and effect it. · · · · , · 2. · He does now fee, hovv: 9lear aCon.. ftftence anq Hartnony_is · .be .re', that he . who had . no S"jr1 -by Inqefion, but was · holy, haqhlefs; and undefiled, fuould b~ under the greateft We.jght,of Sin by In1.. . . · · . putation ; ~ ·. · .... ' ' ' ( . /
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