6f tufti(ying Faith: i that wheñ called to the Bar, to give an Ac count of what we have to fay for our fclves /' Sre may plead, according to the Law of Works, guilty; but in Refpe& ofthe Law of Grace, we may, on Chrift's Account made the Covenant of the People, plead the fatisfying of the Penalty of the Law by the Sufferings of Chrift for that End and therefore note to be condemned, fnce the Law is aliunde fatisfied, and may likewife plead Chrift's aEtive Obedi- ence in our Stead, and fo plead not guilty, and Right to eternal Life. Here is ult.ice,, yea ftri&efta Janice fatisfied to the full; and in Refpe&we are in the Reverenceofanother for what we for our (elves propone, here is Grace manifefted. But O how jejune and empty are, the Difcourfes of molt, anent this fublime Myftery, and how flat and dull make they the Bufinefs of the Myftery of the Go- fpel, who maintain, that as the Lord required perfe& Obedience, as the Condition of the firít Covenant; fo He requireth a cordial Affent to the Truths of the Gofpel, and fincere Obedience flowing therefrom, as the Condi-, tion of the fecond Covenant. 4th Rule. The great End of God's ap- pointing Faith as the Mean and Inftrument of Justification, and of conveying of the Bleff fngs of the newCovenant, must be looked un- to ; and 'this End is the exalting ofGod's rich Bounty and Grace, and toexclude Boaft-
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