3 i 6 Pgcfouo faint. moving upon the wheels of Love, and wings of the Spirit, which mutt needs be a very thong incentive to Obedience; and the ra- ther becaufe Faith enfures the acceptance thereof. Were we to obey under the Cove -, nant of Works, which will bate nothing of pure fnlefs PerfeIion, our Obedience might be bootlefs and heartlefs ; becauf every ad of it would vanifh and come to nothing by the adherent Corrdption ; which made Calvin fay, That if a man did cull out the molt excellent work, of all his life, be mould find fome corrupt f e fh or other in it. And St. Au(iin, Ve vite laudabili, Wo to a laudable life without mercy: But we are to obey under the Covenant of Grace,whence Sincerity is accepted,and frailty covered. God gives a i eflimonial of Righteoufnefs to Noah, notwithftanding his Infirmities ; and of Per - fc }nets to Afa, notwithftanding the high Places. Uprightnefs paffes for abfolute Per - feLl'ion , and the main of the Heart for all of it; infomuch that it is faid of Jofiab, That he turned to the Lord with all hir heart, and with all his foul, and with all his might, according to all the Lary of Mofef, 2 King. 23. 25. his Since- rity was taken as if all had been fulfìlled;accor- petraa. ding to that of St. Aufiin, Omnia mandata lib.i.ar9. faa deputantur, quando quicquid non fit ignnf citar. There are Pardons ready fealed in Hea- ven for Believers Infirmities_; God forgives what is ours in a duty, and accepts what is his own. Our Duties are taken into the hand of Chrifi the Mediator, and there perfumed with his
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