1.2 Of the Ad the Law, is.not Faith : Godmight havefaved us without the Intervention of any Means at 'all, had he pleas'd; and the Lord, in his Wif-.. dom, Peeing it fit, that the Benefit of Eternal Salvation fhouldbe enjoyed, not immediately, but through the Intervention of fome Means to be ufed by us : Hence the Lord might have made any Condition, or Terms of Life he pleafed ; but it .feemed good to the Lord fur- ther fo to contrive his Covenant of Grace, as that we Mould not be 'juffified by any Mean, but by Inch as might advance Grace, and f2 tisfy Juftice, Rom. 3. 2,4, 25, 26. fo as there -two lovely Attributes might kifs one another Hence he choofes to juftify and fave by fuch a Mean as was in it felf accommodated and fitted for thefe Ends; otherwife the Lord might have made fincere Love, Obedience to filch a particular Command, the Condition. and Mean, by, and upon which we were to be jufiiñed but this fhould not fatisfie Juftice in the Point of Law, nor fhould there lush a depth of Wifdom appear in the Gofpel, even a manifold Wifdom, which Angels defire to look into. Ephef. 3. 9, to. Man is turn'd Re- bel, broken the Law : Chrift is Pet up in his. Room as the fecond Adam, fatisfies for the Breaches of the Law of Works, fulfills allrigh- teoufirefs, and that in our Stead, purchas'd all we i7 and in need of; and to the Intent we may be made Partakers thereof he requirethFaith, that
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