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L4,t3.The
guilt
of
fin,how
taken away
by
the Oblation
of
Chilli..
168
concurrence
of
a&wall
Faith,to the
compleating
of
juftification
in
the
foule'
of
the
finner,with
a
no
leffe
dangerous
reflection
upon the
Truth,
do
fufpend the
efficacy
of
the death
of
Chrift upon
our
believing,which
gives
life,& vigour,&
virtue unto it,(as they fay)&
is
the foie
originally difcriminating
caufe,
of
all
the
benefits we
receive
thereby; without the antecedent
accomplifhment
of
that
condition
in
us,
or our
A&uall
believing, it
is
not
(fay
they) nor
will
be
ufefull: yea
that the
intention
of
God
is,
to
beftow upon
us
the fruits
and ef-
fects
of
the death ofChrift,
upon condition
we
do
Believe,
which that
we
Thal], is
no
part
of
his
purchafe, and which we
can
of
our, felves performe,
fay
force
of
them, others not.
Doubtlefe
thefe things are
not
(being rightly
f1a
-.
ted)
in
the
leaft inconfiftent;
Chrift
may
have
his
due, and
we
bound to
the
performance
of
our duty;
which
might be cleared by
an
enlargement
of
the
enfuing Confiderátions:
s. Firft,
That
all
good
things,
that
are fpirituall whatfoever
,
that
are
wrought eitherfor
men,
or
in
them, are
fruits
of
the death
of
Chrift
.
They
have nothing
of
themfelves,
but
nakedneJfe, blood,
and
f
nne,guil
tand impeni-
tency,
fo
that
it
is
ofindifpenfable
neceffity,
that
God
fhould
Thew
them
fa-
vour,
antecedently
to
any
A&
of
their
Believing
on him. Faith
is
given for
Chrifts fake,
as
was
obferved.
2.
Secondly,
That
all
the
Effe
&s
and Fruits
of
the death
of
Chrift
,
ante
-
cedent
to
our
`Believing,
are depofited
in
the
hand
of
the Righteoufneffe,
and
s
Tim.2.5,6.
Faithfulneffe
of
God,
to
whom,
as
a
ran
bine, it
was
paid,
as
an Attonenrent,
it
Heb.2.17.
was
offered,
before whom,
as
a
price
and
purchafe,
it
was
laid down. It
is
all
;9
Or.
5''8'
left
in
the
hands
of
Gods Faithfulneffe, Righteoufnefle, Mercy, and Grace, to
Cor. 6. 19,
be made out
effettual]y
to them,
for whom he died,
in
the appointed time
or
20.
feafon.
So
that,
3.
Thirdly, The
ftate or condition
of therefor
whom Çhrift died,
is
not
Eph.2.r,z,3,
a
&wally
and
really changed by
his
death,
in its (elfe
5
but they
lye
under the
4,s.
curfe, whileft they are
in
the
ftate
of
nature, unregenerate, and
all effects
of
John346'
finne
whatever:
That
which
is
procured
for
them,
is
left
in
the hand
of the
Father; They
are
not
in
the
leaft
intrufted
with
it,
untill the Appointed time
do
come.
q.
Fourthly,
That
Faith and
Beliefe
are
necefhaty,
not
to
adde
any
thing
to
compleat the procurement
of
forgiveneffe
of
fins,
any
or all ; but
only
to
the
A&uall
receiving
of
it,
when upon
the account
of
the
death
of
Chrift, it
pleafeth God,in
the
Promife
of
the
Gofpell,
to
hold it out,and impart
it
unto
the
foule,
thereby compleating Covenant-juftification
And
thus the
whole
bufinefe
of
Salvation, may
be refolved into
the
mediation
of
Chrift,
and yet
men carried on,
under an orderly
difpenfation
of
Law and Gofpell,
into
the
Alts
13.
38,
enjoyment
of
it.
Ofthe
whole,
thefe degrees areconfiderable.
Bóms.r°.
Gods eternal] purpofe of
Caving
force,
in, and by
the
mediation
of
joh.3.16
Chrift,
that
mediation
of
Chrift being interpofed between
the
purpofe
of
áJ
h.4;io
God,
and
the accomplifhment
ofthe
thing
purpofed,
as
the fruit
and
efle&
of
rieb.2.17.
the
one,
the
meritorious procuring
caufe
of
the other. This
Aft
of
the Will
914
ofGod,
the Scripture
knowes
by no other name then
that
of
Ele&ion,
or
7,8,9.
8/2.
Predeftination, or the Purpofe
of
God according
to
Ele
&ion,
or
the Purpofe
mom.
911.
of
his
Will
in
Jefiis
Chrift, which though it comprize
his
Will
of
not
punifh-
3°h'3'36'
in
them
in
their
own erfons
that
are within the verge
Of
this
his
Purpofe,
Rom
s
6,8 yet it
is
not properly
an
A&Hof
forgivenefle
of
finnss
,nor
are they
pardo-
c
é
é
53?1
ned
by
it,
nor
is
the
Law actually
innovated,
or
its
obligation on them unto
Rom.
3.
23,
punifhment diffolved,
nor
themfelves
juftifiedin any fence
thereby.
24,
5
2.
That
interpofition
ofthe
Lord Chrift, whereof
we
have been treating,
z
cor.i.
30.
being
a medium
indif
enfabl
necetar
as
to
fatisfa&ion
and freely
defigned
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