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C
AP.V11,
4;
I;.
The
mediat
effe&s
of
the oblation
of
Chrift.
164
in
their
behalfe:
The
diftributive
Juftice
ofGod,is that
perfe&ion
of
his
Na-
ture,
whereby he
rendreth
to
every one, according
to what,either
his
vindi-
itt;,83";`,43.5.
¿live
Vice
on
the
one
fide,
or
his
Uprightneffe,
and
Faithfulneffe,
on the
65.5.
other,
do require. In rewarding, it
refpeél
s
his
owne Faithfulnefle
in all
his
71.2.
ingagements immediately,in punifhing,the
demerit
ofthe
Creature:
there
he-
96.13.
98.2
ing no
fuch
naturali
connexion and
neceflàry
coherence, from
the
nature of
103.17.
the things themfelves, between Obedience and
Reward,
as
there
is
between
141.1.1`
Sinne
and Punifhment.
Pral
.7,9.
Now the Lord
havinggiven many eminent and Glorious
Promifes
to
his
110.3.7.
Sonne Jefus
Chrift,
(fomewherof
we (hall
mention afterwards)
concerning
95.13,84
his
Seed, and
Ofspring,
or
thofe that he committed
to
his
charge,
to
be
Re-
52.13,14.
deemed from
their
finnes,
it
is
incumbent on him,in regard
of
his
Righteouf-
S3.I1
neffe,
to
make
out
all
thofe things
in
due time
unto
them.
And
therefore
that
59.20.
Joh.'
2.
51,
he might magnify
that
Righteoufneffe &
Truth
of
his,he bath cati
the
whole
52.
procedure
of
his
Grace,
into
fuch
a
way, and
all
the
A&s
of
it, into
fuch
a
dependance upon one
another,
as
that the
one
of
them;
fhould have infallible
influence
into the
other,
and the
effe&s'of every one
of
them
be
rendred in-
dubitably
certaine.
Thus
upon theAccount
of
the
Death
of
Chrift,antecedently to all
confedera-
I1á
53.6,
tions
of
Faith, or
Beliefe, in
them
for whom
he
Dyed,
thus
much
is
done,
for
GaL4.4,5
the
extinguifhing
the quarrell about
Gone:
The
vmdiEfive aftice, Lam, and
Io.5,6'
Truth
of
God
are
difin
ed from purfuing
the
Sentence
of
Death
and
Rom.
8.33,
Everlafting Separation from
God,
againft them
as
fìnners;
Neither
have
they
34.
at
all any
thing
to
lay
to their
charge,for
which
they
fhould be caft
out
of
the
42.33.11,12.
prefence
ofGod:Yea the Lord
is
moreover,in
his
owneFaithfulnefle &Righ-
t
om.4
25
teoufneflè, with
refpe&
to
the Covenant
of
the Mediator,ingaged
to
doe that
E1311.1.3.
.
which
is
needful!,
to
the bringing
of
them to himfelfe;
After
Come
previous
Obfervations,I
¡hall confirme
what
hath
been fpoken,
by
fundry
Arguments.
I fay
then,
Firft,
that
it
is
a
molt vaine fuppofall,which
Ionic make:
What
ifany
one
of
them, for whom Chrift
Dyed, fhould dye
in an
Unregenerate
Condition?
Would not the
Juflice and condemning
Power
of
the
Law
of
God, notwith-
ftandingthe Death
ofChrilt,
lay hold upon
them
?
It
is
I fay
a
fuppofall
of
that,which
in
fenfu
compofito,is
impoffible&
fo in
that
fence's-however
upon o-
Joh.3.16,17,
ther
refpe
&s
it
may) not
to
be
argued from;Chrift
Dyed,that
thofe for
whom
7.33.
he Dyed might Live;that they
mightbe quicknedand
borne againe.
And
Io
2cor.5.14,
they
¡hall,in
their due
feafon,every one
undoubtedly be,and not
any
of
them
15
dye
in
their
finnes.
Secondly,
that
our
Affirmation,
is
not
in
the
leaft
lyable
to that
Exception
which ufually men
infift
upon,
in
oppofition
unto it: viz. That
ifChriffhath
fo
fatsfyed
7u.11ice,
and
fulfilled
the
Law, in
reference
to
all
them,for
whom
he dyed,
that
the
fentence
of
Condemnation
fhould
not
be
iffued
out
againft
them, but
they
muff infallibly
be
Saved;
then there
is
no
neceffetyy,
either that
they doe
at
all
Believe,
or
if
they
do,
that
they
live
in Holineffe,
rra53.5,6,
and
the avoidance
of
Sinne; all
that
being accomplilhed, which by
thefe
me-
11,12,
diums
is
fought for.
I fay
our
pofition
in
it
(elfe
is
no
way lyable
to
this Ex-
Da0.9.24
ception: For
Rom.a.32,33
Firft though
the
u
ice
Lam
and
Truth
of
God
be fatisfyed and
fulfilled,
iteh.
,14,15
as
to their
finnes,that
h
hath not,as
on
that
account,any thing to
lay
to
their
Ro
e; et this hinders
not
at all,
but that God
may affigne
and
afcribe
fuck
as3'
4i
a
way
for
their
coming to
him,
as
may
be fuited
to
the exalting
of
his
Glory,
9.
32
the
Honour
of
f
efus
Chrift, who
hath brought
all this about,,
and the
prepa-
Joh.5.23.
ring
of
the
foule
of
the
(inner
for the
full
enjoyment
of
himfelfe;
& this
he
hat