ence is ofinfinit merit, and efftcacie. Againe, we mull confider hire not asa private , but as a publike perfon , reprcfenting all theElea in his obedience tohis father. And b}' thismcanes his Obedience ferns for all that beleeue in him. Againe,itmay be allcdged,that the law faith, Thoulimit loue,thou /halt ,not lu/t,r c. And, thefork that rimmes,táat foule!balldie. Ezech. r 8.2 o, And, 4171,13i ha1Inot redeem( the ltfeofhis brother,P1a1.49. .Anf.The law requires that euery man performe obedience and make fatisfattion in his owne perfon, and the law knows no other o- ' bedience. But this muff be confidered , that the law is but one part ofthc reuealed will of God : and thatthe Gofpel is an o- ther dif}inFt part,reuealing more then the law euer knew. And theGofpcl teacheth aTranflation of the law in refpeft ofo- bedience, from our perlons to the perfon of the Mediatour, and-thereby it aidesan Exception to-the law. The fourth point is , who are partakers of this Redempti- on ? Anf. They which fee,and feele, and bewaile their conditi- on that theyare vnder the law,and flie from thefentence there- ofto the throne ofgrace for mercie. Chrif came to fasre flnncrs, Match. 9. that is , fuch as are conuieted by the law, and know thernfeiues to be {inners. He offerscafe to them that trottedand areheauie Wm, Matth.11.28. Heprearheth eleliuerance tocap. titles, Luk. 4. z 8. Here we are to bewaile the miferieof our people, that know not themfelucs to be vnder the law : nay they laue and delight to be vnder it. For they alleadge for themfelues,that they fay their praiers duly and truly , that they mean( well toGodward, anddeale truly withmen c and ther- fore they thinke Godwill baue mercyon them,andhaue them excufedfor all theiroffences. The !aft point is, what benefits arileofthis deliuerance from vnder the law ? Attf. Theywhich turne toGod, and beleeue in Chriff, reape fourebenefits hereby. The firft is, that no finne Dull hauedominion oiler them, Rom. 6. 14. Here marke by the way, that they which are inChriff, cannot wholly fall from gracc.For they which wholly fall away, are vnder the domini- on of frone. The Pecos=d is, that God-will accept the indeanour to obay, for obedience , becaufe they arc freed from the rigour of the I law. Read Malac. 3.17. The third iis, that they hauehbertie to line and lcrueGod with h_- - 5 to 15 20 25 30 35
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