5,54 Ob./eV/pat/to/0 jufti f caíion by the Neither of thefe do exempt them from that Obligation unto univerfal Obedience, which is prefcribed in the Law., They are {till obliged by vertue thereof to love the Lord their. God with all their Hearts, and their Neighboairs as themfelves. They are indeed freed from the Law, and all its commands. -unto Duty as it abides in its firec confederation, Do- this and live, the oppofite whereunto,. is Curfed is- every .one that continaaeth not in all things written in the Law to do them. For he that is under the Obligation of the Law in order unto f uftifica- tion and Life, falls inevitably, . under the Curie of it, upon the fuppofition of any one Tranfgrefl"tont But we are made free to. give Obedience unto it, on Gofpel'motives, and for Gofpe]. ends, as the Apoftle declares at large, Rom. 6, And the Obligation of it is,fuch.unto all Believers, as that the leaf Tranfgreffon,of it hath- the nature of fin. But are they hereon bound over by the Law unto everlafting punifh- ment, or, as_ foine phrafe it, will. God damn them that Tranf grefi the Law, without which. all .this. is nothing ? 'I ask again what they think hereof; And upon. a 'fuppofition that he will do fo, what they further, think will become of thernfelves ? For my part. I fay no ; even as the Apoftle faith, There . is no condemnation nvto,, them that are inn Chrif Yefm. Where then, they will fay, is the , necality; .of Obe- dience from the Obligation of the Law,. if God will not damn them that Tranfgrefs it ? And I fay, itwere well if Tome men did underftand what they fay in thefe things, . or would learn, for a while at leali, to hold their peace. The Law equally requires Obedience in all :inftances of Duty, if it require any at all. As, unto its Obligatory power, it is capable neither of. Difpenfation nor Relaxation, fo long as the eflìential differences of good and evil do remain. ,, If then none can be obliged unto Duty by vertue of its commands, but ihat.,they muft on every Trainfgreflìon fall under its curie, eitherit.obligeth nu one atall, or no one can be. ,E ved. But
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