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The Power
of
Sathan,in and
over
men.How
destroyed
by
Ch.
C.
V
11
s: i
by
the
will
and Wifdome
of
God,for
filch
a
procurement
of
the
good
things
169
defigned in
his
Eternall
Counfell
, as
might advance the Glory
of
his
Grace,
and make knowne
his
Righteoufneflè
,
alfo: And
this
being
fixed
on by
God,
as
the
only thing by him
required,
that
all
the
Mercies
,
all
the
Grace
of
his
eternall Purpofe, might be
difpenfed
in
the
order
by him defigned
unto
them;
upon
the performance
of
it,
God
refteth,as well pleafed,
and
they for
Rom.5.9
io.
whom
he
hath mediated
by
his
Blood,
or
for whom he
is
confidered fo
to
2
COI'.
5.18,
have
done, are reconciled
unto God,
as
to that part
of
Reconciliation;
'9
2'
which refpe&s
the Love
of
God,
as
to
the difpencing
the
fruits
of
it;
"e".24*
unto them,
even unleffethey are enemies, upon
the
accounts before
men-
tioned.
3.
Things being thus
frated
between God, and them for whom Chrift
2
tor.
5.2%.
dyed,
on the
account
of
his
death God
a&ually abfolves
them
from
under
Rom
6.11.
that
fentence and Curfe
of
the
Law, by fending
the
Spirit
of
his
Sonne
into
their hearts,to
quicken
them
and
to implant Faith
in
them.
Aud
in
what
A&
ofGod
to
place
his
a
&uall
abfolution
of
finners,
ungodly perlons whom
Chrift dyed for,
but
in
this
a
&uall
collation
of
the Spirit, and habit
of
Grace
on them,
I
am
not
as
yet fatisfyed:neither
doth
this
in any
meafilre confound
our
Juftification, and
Sanaification:For nothing hinders,but
that
the
fame
Ae,
as
it
is
of
free
Grace,
in
oppofition to workes,or any thing in
us,
may juftify
us,or exert
the
fruit
ofhis
Love,
which was
before purchafed
by Chriff,
in
our
Gracious Acceptation,
notwithftanding
all
that
was
againft
us:
and alfo
by principling
us
with Grace forObedience,
San&ify us
throughout.
4..,
This
being
dones
they, with whom
God
thus Gracioufly
deales,
re-
ceive the
Attonement,
and being Juftifyed by Faith, have peace
with
God.
But
this
is
not the matter,
or fubje&
of
our prefent
Conteff.
This then
is
the
firft
influence,which
the
Bloodfhedding in
the death
&Oblation
of
Chrift,
bath intó
the
Saints
continuance
of
the Love and Favour
of
God; It
taketh
away the guilt
of
finne,that
it
(hall
not
be
fuch
a
provocation
to
the
eyes
of
his
Glory, (his
Law
being fulfilled, and Juftice fatsfyed)
as
to
caufe him
utterly
to
turne
away
his
Love from
them,
And
they
becoming the Righteoufnefie
2
cor.s2t.
of
God
in
him,
to
all intents and purpofes
,
what
fhould
feparate them from
the
Love
of
God
?
He
bath
made peace
in
the
Blood
of
the
Croffe
of
his
Eph:2.7471
9
Sonne,
and
will
not
ingage in
enmity
againft his
Ele&
any
more
to Eternity:
Rom.
2. 32,
tut
in his
owne way and own
time (ashe hath the Soveraignty
of
all in
his
33.
hands)
he
will
'bring
them
infallibly
to the enjoyment
ofhimfelfe. And
thus
much by this difcourfe about
the
offe
&s
of
the Death
of
Chrift,have
we
clearely obtained
;what
Chrift
aymes
to
áccomplifh by
his.
Death,
and
what
.
was
the
defigne
and intention
of
the
Father,
that
he fhould accomplifh,
that
c_annotfaile
of
its iffue
and appointed event, by any interpofure
what-
ever.
That
the
effe&uall
removal]
of
every
thing,that might intercept,hinder,
or turne
afide
the
Love
and Favour
of
God
from
them,for
whom he dyed;
is
the
defigned
effe&
ofthe
death ofChrift,
bath been
demonftrated.This then,
in
theorder,where
in it
bath
feemed
good,to
the
infinite
Wifdome
of
God
to
proceed
in
difpencing
his
Grace
unto
finners, fhall
certainely be
fulfilled,
and
all Believers Paved
to the
utmoft..
I
come,in
thé
fecond place,to
demonftrate,that
as
our
Saviour fecures
the 4
15.
ítability
oftheLoveofthe
Saints
to God,
and their abiding with him,
by
taking
away
and removing, what ever might hinder them therein, or pre
--
vaileupon
them
utterly and
wickedly
to
depart
from him
;That
which
me-
ritoriouflymight
caufe
God to
turne
from us, he
utterly
deftroies and
abo-
Jiffies,
and
that,which
efficiently
might
caufe
us
to
turne
from God, that
allo..
Z
he