The Settles e'eEluald calling to Chriff. 367 the thing is unchangeable. God never fwore that ifAdam did not doe, hee fhould not live ; but if he had not beleeved in that Chriff that was pro- miféd, hee had never beerie Caved ; but though we cannot live by exaa doing,yet we may live by beleeving,andwe maygee to another todoewhat God requires cf t;s ; and this is the reafonofthat peremptory curfè whichGod leaks downe upon thehearts of unbeleevers, lohn 3. 18. He that be leevethzs not condemned, bist he that beleeveth not, is condemnedalready; heebath one foot in hell, but why is it fo? I anfwer ; looke as it iswith a man that hath a cafe to be tried, if it be tried in all the courts of England, and he call in them all, there isno more trouble to beemade, not nomore hope of reco- very : So it is in this, hee that beleevethnot, is call in all Courts in Heavenand earth : Law and Gafpell both condemnehire; juffice will not fave him, for it mull beefatisfied 5 and mercy will not favehim, for he is an unbeleever ; fo that there is no trial to be looks for,the fertence is pafl'ed upon him in heaven and earth, onely there wants a Jaylor to bring him to the gibbir, that is death and ti-edevil!, who is the bagman to turne him of'into hell for ever, there to plague him t nay, unbeleefe bindes Gods hand , and hinders the power ofGod,as maybe faid with reverence j he may iuffifie a firmer, but he will not juffifie an un beleever inhis effaceof unbeleefe Marke 6.5. He coulddoenomiracle there, becaufeof their unbeleefe: the text>loth not fay, hee didnot great workes Aaa 2 there
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