342 The nature of the Obedience of his being , of all the prek nt and future Advantages whereof it was capable, fiou,d yield Obedience unto him, with refpeút unto his infinite Wifdom, Righteoufnee and Almighty Power, to prote&, reward, and punifh, in all things known to be his will and pleafure, either by the light of his own mind, or efpecial Revelation made unto him. And it is evident that no more is required unto the conflitutiòn and eftablifhment of this Law, but that God be God, and Man be Man, with the neceffary Relation that muff thereon enfue between them. Wherefore 6. This Law doth eternally and unchangeably oblige all men unto Obedience to God ; even that Obedience which it re- quires, and in the manner wherein it requires it. ' For both the fubftance of what it requires, and the manner of the performance of it, as unto meafures and degrees, are equally neceffary and unalterable, upon the fuppofítions laid down. For God cannot deny hinaf, nor is the nature of man changed as unto the eflënce of it whereunto alone refpeét is had in this Law, by any thing that can fall out. And al- though God might fuperadd unto the original Obligations of this Law,what Arbitrary commands he pleafed,fuch as did not neceflárily proceed or arife from the Relation between him and us, which might be, and be continued without them ; jyet,would they be refolved into that Principle of this Law, that God in all things was abfblutely to be trufted and obeyed. 7. Known unto God are all his Wor4sfrom the foundation of the World. In the conf}itution of this order of things he made it poffible, and forefaw it would be future, that man would rebell againft the preceptive power of this Law, and di fturb that order of things wherein he was placed under his moral Rule. This gave occafion unto that effect of infinite Divine Righteoufnefs, in conítituting the punifhment that man thould fall under upon his Tranfgreíiion of this Law. Neither
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