340 H A P. X I: The nature of the Obedience, that. God requii; tech of its. The Eternal, obligation of the: Law thereunto.- Our fecond Argument (hall be taken from the nature, of that Obedience or Righteoufnefs which God requireth of us, that we may be accepted of him and approved by. him. This being a large fubjed if fully to be handled, I` ¡hall reduce what is of our prefent concernment in\it, unto fome fpecial Heads or Obfervations. T. God being a moft perfeét, and therefore a molt free Agent, all his wings towards mankind, all his dealings with them, all his Gonftitutions and Laws concerning them, are to be refolved into his own Soveraign will and pleafure. No other - reafon can be given of the Original, of the whole Syleme -of them.. This the Scripture teftifieth unto, Pfal 115. 3. 1 3 5. 6. 7 }rov. r -6. q.. Ephef. a. g, r i. Reti. q.. 11. The being, exiftence, and natural circumftances of all Creatures,. being an. effedof the free Counfel and pleafure of God, all; that belongs unto he muft be ultimately refolved there- into. 2. Upon a fuppofition of force free Ads of the will of God and the execution of them, conftituting an order . in the things that outwardly are of him, and their mutual refpeft unto one another, force things may become neceffary in this Relaiive flak, whole being wasnot àbifolutelyneceffary in its own, nature. The order of all things and their mutual rgfpe& unto one another, depends on Gods free Conftitution, no
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