40 The 3wuk.r effáualt ceiling toGhriff. But how (hall a man f}arvein this mercy? if way can beconceived, andameanes cm be propoun- ded for anorh: r fupply ro the foule, to fill up the neceflity ofit, this will be faene in the next parti- cular ; I fay herein appeares more fulnefle of mercy. It is not only fuñicient to releeve a man inall the miferies that can befall him, but this is ano ther thing confidered: mercy isable tomake thee partake in the fame mercy : God doth'not leave thee to thy fèlfe, that thou fhouldeft buy ir, and purchafe it and buy it and pr( cure it : but mercy is able to fuffrce thy foule, that thoumail}be re- frefhed thereby. This is the tenor ofmercy:G,d requires of a man rh t he fhould beleeve : now mercy dothhelve toperforme theduty comman- d,d.. The Lord, as he requires the condition of thee, fo heworketh, the condition in thee: bee make thee beleevc that thou (halt he faved, as there is fain. fíe of grace in himfelfe to doe thee good ifthou doff receive the fame ° this is thedif- ference betweene the twoCovenants, rh: Cove- nant ofworkes, and theCovenantof gram. The fief} covenant names, Adam fhall doe and live now it flood upon the rife and abufe of his free will, either to croe the will ofGod, and beblef.'. fed ; or to breake the law, and be curl d: it was. in his power to receive the life and thus either b - breach or r.ot doing the condition required, etdim muff performe. But it is not fohere : the Lord in deedrequires a condition : noman can be ved;but he mull' beleeve: buthere is the privi- lege,
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