in the Conflitution ofthe Perfou ~fC/;rifl. 2 53 .Obedience unto it? The Obedience yielded by the Angels that frood and finned not, made it manifefi that the tranf– greilion of it by them that fell and finned, was from~ their own wills, and not from any unfuitablenefs unto their natqre and fiate in the Law it felt~ But if the Law given unto IT!an· :lhould never /;e complied withal in perfeCl O!Jedience 6y any one whatever, it might be thought that the Law it [elf was unfuited unto our Nature, and impo.ilible to be complied withal. Nor did it become Infinite Wifdom to give a Law, whofe Equity, Righteoufnefs and Holinefs fhould never be exemplified in O!Jeclience; il10uld never be made to appear, but in the punifhment infliCted on its tranfgreffors. ,Where– fore the original Law of Perfonal Righteoufnefs was not gi~ ven folely nor primari~y that men might fuffer jufl!J f0r its. . tranfgrefiion, but that God might he glorified in its accom– plifllment. If this be not done, it is impo.ilible that men 1hould be refiored unto the Glory of God. If the Law be not fulfilled by Obeclience, man mufl: fuffer evermore for his difobedience, or God mu£1: lofe the manifeftation of his Ho– linefs therein. Beiides, God hadrepr~fented his Holinefs in that Image of it which was implanted on our Nature, and which was the Principle enabling us unto .Obedience. This alfo was rejeCled by fin, and therein the Holinefs of God defpifed. If this be not refiored in our Nature, and that with advantages above what it had in its firfi communica– tion, we cannot be recovered unto the Glory ofGod. .C 2. It was neceffary that the diforder hought into the Rule '" and Government ofGodly fin and"re!Jellion il10uld be·l"ecrified. This could no otherwi.fe~e done but by the inflip:ion of that puni1hnent, which ·in the ·unalterableJ.l.ul~ and ~tap·dard of Divine Jufiice was due thereunto. The ·difmi.flitli<if fin on · any other terms, would leave .the Rule of Gocfunder un- - fpeakable difl10nour and confufion. For where is the ·Righte~ oufnef"s . '-
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