in the Constitution of tlJe Perfon of Chriff. 2 6 1 value on his Obedience ; that is, he mufl: be God. 2. The O/;edience of fuch an one, of a meer man, could have no influence at all on the Recovery ofMankind,nor the Salvation.of the Church. For whatever it were, it would l:e all due from him for himfelf, and fo could only profit or benefit himfelf. - For what is due from any on his own ac. count, cannot redound or be reckoned unto the advantage of another. But there is no meer creature, nor can there be any fuch, but he is obliged for 'himfelf unto all the Obedi– ence unto God, that he is capable of the performance of in . this world, as we have before declared. Yea V ni·verfal Ohdience in all poffible infiances is fo abfolutely necefTary unto him, as a creature made in dependance on God, and for the enjoyment of him, that the voluntary omi.ffion of it in anyone infl:ance, would be a criminal Difo/;edience, ruinous unto his own foul. Wherefore no fuch Ohdience could be accepted as any kind of compenfation for. the DifoZedience of others, or in their fl:ead. He then that performs this Obe- . t!ience mufi be one who was not originally obliged thereunto· on his own account or for himfelf And this mufi be a Di– vine Perfon and none other; for every meer creature ·is fo obliged. And there is nothing more fundamental in Gofpel Principles, than that the Lord Chrifl: in his Divine Perion was above the Law, and for himfelf owed no Obedience thereunto. But by his own condefcenfion as he . was made of a woman for us, fo he was made under the Law for us. And therefore thofe by whom the Divine Perfon of Chrifi is de– nied, do all of them contend that he yielded Obedience u~to Gorlfor himjelf, and not for us. But herein they bid defiance · unto the principal effeB:: of Divine T.f/ijdom, wherein God will.be eternally glorifie~. 3.The People to be freed,redeemed,and brought untoGlory,. were great and innumerable; a great multitude which no man r:a.n·
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