in th~ ['Ontriv~mce oftl?e PYork of{](t:demption. 2 8 3 1y confume it, and bring our [elves unto the utmofr mifery as he did alfo . . But in Qhrifl the whole Inheritance is fecured for evermore. . )· He is able to preferve all thofe.who f11all be Heirs of tbis Inheritance, that they forfeit not ·their own perfonal In· terefl:therein, according unto the Terms ofthe Covenant, whereby it is made over to them. He can and will by the power of his Grace prcferve them all unto the fllll enjoyment of the purchafed Inheritance. \Ve hold our Tjtle by the Rod, at the Will of the Lord. And many failures \Ve are liable un– to whereon we are in Mifericordia Domini, and are fubjecr unto Amearcements. . But yet the whole Inheritance being gr_antecl unto Chrifl:, is eternally fecurc:d for, us, and we are by his Grace pref~rvecl from fuch offences againft the fopream Lord, or committing any jitch wafts, as ihould cafl: us out of our poifeffion. See Pjal. 89· 27, 28, 29, 30, 3 I, 32. Thus in all things Infinite Wifdom bath provided, that no fecondfor– feiture ihould be made of the Inheritance of Grace. and Glo– ry, which as it would have been eternally ruinous unto Mankind, fo it was inconfifient with the Glory and Honour of God. '1 !J ·J.')L .8. The T1llfdom of Godwas g,loriou}ly exaltedin the Righteous .· ~DeflruClion of Satan and hi5 Interefl by the Incarnation and Mediation ofthe Son of God. He had prevailed againfi the firfl wtry of the Manifefiation of Divine Glory ; and therein both pleafed and prided himfelf Nothing could ever give fuch iatisfacbon unto the malicious murderer, as the breach he had occafioned between God and Man, with his hopes and appr€henfions that it would be eternal. He had no other thoughts, ' but that the whole Race of Mankind which God had deligned unto the enjoyment of himfelf, f110uld be ever– lafiingly ruined. . So he had fatisfied his envy againfi man in his eternal defl:rucrion with himfelf, and his malice againfl: 0 o 2 God
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=