286 Chap.4. .3t'Cs ame'ntarie:vport pledgeand (uretie , Heb.7. i2. and as onethat flandcs in our place,rooçne,and tlead;and before God reprcfents theperfora of all the eléet:and in this rcfpetZ is he fable& lathe lawe ,not by nature,but by voluntáric abatement and condition of will. The fecond duetltòn is, how the fonneofGod was fubial to the lawc? Anpv. By a twofold obedience:nameiy,by'the o F bedtence ofhis paillon, andby his obedience in fulfilling the lave. Theobedience ofhis pafsion Rands before God as-a fa- tisfaEl;ion for the breach of the law . In it confider two alines, the foundation of thepallìon,and thepaillon it felfe.Thc foït dation is, thatthe/anneofGodnyoewadelnnefory .r,2.Cor. S , to that is,ali the firmesofall the EleEwere imputed to hun,and he in our zoome and place was recounted a`finner . Thepafsi on it (elfe , is the curfc of the law , laid on the fonneofGod, namely., the fir(} death, and the paines of the fecond death, tf which is in effect and fubfiance, the.paines-of hell,as I haue (hewed in the 3.chap.v. t 3,ofthis Epitfle. By the fecond Obedience in fulfilling the lawe,the fonne of God performed flic vs , all things contained therein,that we might haue right to lireeuerlafting, and that according to thel 2r, tenour of the laav,Leuit. r8. S. Doeallthefe things andhue. Of 'this obedience 2.quertionsare demanded.The firti is,whether n be necellàrie for the iufihñcationofa firmer? Anfw. It is :The fumme of the lawe is,Loaae God withallthy heart,and thy neigh - boor aa thy fe/fe:Now cuery lot and title ofthe lawe mutt necel- is farily be fulfilled,Math.S. t 8.Much more then the fumme and fubRance of the lawe.And it cannot be fulfilledby vs becing finners:therefore there mull needs bea tranulation of the lawe from our perfons;to the perfonoftheMediatour,who is to ac- .compli(h euery idt of the law for vs Againc , He that dcth not i, ;ill things contained in the¿cw,isairfedGal. ;. r 3. He therefore that would efchewe the curie of the law , and conic to life e- uerlafting,muft by himfelfe accomplilh all things contained in thelaw:and ifthis cannot be doneithe law and all the contents thereof,muft needs be accomplilhed inthe perfon of the Me- . s diatoúr:otherwife the carte cannot be auoided. Lafily,weowe vritoGod adouble debt or tribute. The firftis , homage or fubieetion to be performed with all thepowers ofthe fouit,& with all the flrength of all thepowers , and that from the firff conception.Thc tccoiad is,a fatisfaefiò by death for thebreach
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