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The
guilt
of
fin,how
taken away
by
the Oblation
of Chrilt
i66
of them,
and Juftifyed from them (as he
was, Ifa.
50.8,9.)
how fhould they
ever be laid
to
our
charge? And
yet this freedome
from
condemnation
for
fin,
for
all
the
Ele&, which
God
himfelfe
fo
clearly
afferts
Rom.
8.32.3
3.
&c. Both
not
in
the
leaf(
fet them free from
the
neceffity
of
Obediençe,nor
acquit
them
from
contra&ing
the
guilt
of
fin,.upon
the
leaf(
irregularity or
difobedi-
ence.
Secondly, we
arefaid to doe,together
with Chrift, thofe things,
which
he
Rom.
6.5,8.
Both for us in
his
own perfon:
and
that
upon the account
of that
benefit,
2
Cor. s.
15,
which
by
thofe
his
perfonall performances,
loth
redound
unto
us,
and
which
i6
being done,
the Quarrel' about
finne, as
to
make
an
utter
feparation
between
Col.
3.
T.
God and
our
fouls,
is
certainly removed
;Thus
we
are
faid
to dy
with him, to
Rom.6.9.
be
raifed
again with
him
,
and with him
we
enter into the
holy place;
this
whole
bufineffe
about
fin
being paffed through:for
he
that
is
dead
, is
juftifyed
from
fin.
Now
all this being
done
by
us, and for us,in,&
by
our head,can
we
henceforth dy
any
more?
Ihall
death
any more have dominion over
us
?
This
the
Apoftle argues,
2
Cor.
5.
15.
we
judge(faith
he)th
at
if
one
dyed
all,t
hen
were
all
they
(that
is,all
thofe for whom he dyed ) dead,ordyed
likewife;
they
were
dead in, and with him,
their,
fpon(er,
as
to
the curfe due for'fin,
that
henceforth they might
live
to
him
that
dyed
for
them.
Thirdly, the
Compa&
or agreement,
that
was
between the
rather
and the
Sonne
as
Media
tor,
about the
bufineffe
of
our Redemption
in his
blood, ma-
Prat.4o.3.
nifefts this
Truth. The
Father required
at
his
hands,
that
he
íhould doe
his
115,53.10,11.
mill, fulfill his
pleafure
andcounfell,
make
his
forale
an
offering
forfinne,
and
Heb.io.5,9,7:do
that
which
the
Sacrifices
of
Bulls
&
Goates
fhadowed
out,but
could never
effe&:
upon
the
performance whereof,he
was
to
fee
his Seed,and
to bring
ma-
Heb.2,1o.
ny
Sonnes
to
Glory.
(A
covenanting
and
agreement into an uncertaine
18ùe
and event (as
that
muff
be
of
God and the
Mediator,
if
the
Salvation
of
the
perfons,concerning which, and whom
it
was,be not infallibly
certaine)ought
not
at
any cheap
rate,or
pretence'
to be
aligned
to
infinite
Wifdome.)
In the
Accomplifhment
of
this
undertaking, whereunto
Chrift
was
defigned,
Rom.8.32.
the Father dealt
with him in
ftriet
and rigid
Juftfce
:
There
was
nei-
2
Per.2.4.
ther
compofition
about the debt, nor commutation about the
punifhment,
2cor.5.21.
that
he had
taken
upon himfelfe:Now doth
not
exa&
Juftice,require,
that
GaL3r3
the Ranfome
being
given in,
the
Prifoners
be delivered
?
That
the
debt
being
Heb.2.9.
paid, the bond be cancelled,
as
to
any
power
of
imprifoning
the
Originall
debtor?
That
punishment being
undergone,
and
the
Law fulfilled,
the
offen-
dor
goe
free?Efpecially
all this
being covenanted for,in the
firft
undertaking;
doubtleffe wrath
(hall
not
arife
a
fecond
time
The
right knowledge,ufe,and
improvement
of
this
Grace, being given,bounded,& direered
by
the Gofpell,
it
is
fafegaaded
from abufe, by
that
which
God
calls his
owne Wif-
dome.
Fourthly,
itappearesfrom
what God
beftowes upon
his Ele&,
upon
the
Account
of
the undertaking
of
Chrift for them
(in
the purfuit
of
the
Eter
nail
purpofe
of
hisWill)
antecedently
to
any
thing whatfoever
in
them,
that
should ingage him
to
do
them
the
leaf(
good;
when
God
comes
as a
friend
to
hold out unto,
&
bellow good
things
upon men,(I meane)good
in
that
kind
of
Mercy, which
is
peculiarly
fuited
to
the
bringing
of
them
to
the enjoy-
ment
of
himfelfe,
it
is
evident
that
he hath put
an end
to
all
enmity
and
lua.59.2o.2r
quarrell between
himn&
them:Now antecedently unto
any
thing
in
men,God
Rom.8.
u.
for Chrifts fake beftowes,with
the
greateft
a&
of
friendship imaginable,
no
c'i
5'22'
Ieffe
than the
holy
spirit
on
them.
By
him
they are
uickned; & their
Faith
is
rCor.9.4,
Y
P
Y
9
zcor3.5.
but
a
fruit
of
that
Spirit
bellowed on
theta
;Ifthey
have
not
any
fufficiency
in
Épha2.i,i,themfelves,
as
much
as
to
thmka
good
thought,
nor
can
doe any thing,
that
is
accep-