necíouo RO . Faith virtue, one Grace upon another, .and one degree of Grace upon another, That we may have an abundant entrance into the Kingdom of 7efus Chrift, 2 Pet. r. 5, ë- r r. To walk, by the Rule of the New Creature, that peace may be upon us, Galat. 6. 16. To prove our own (fate, whether we be in the Faith whether Chriff be in its or not, 2 Corinth. r3. 5. To prove our own work, that we ritS have rejoycing in our fel?ies, and not in another, Gal, 6. 4. If thefe things may be done Af urance is attain- able ; if they cannot, to what purpofe are thefe Precepts ? how vain and impoffible are they ? In that queflion, Whether we may per- feìly fulfil the Moral Law ; the Pontificians urge thus for the Affirmative ; If we cannot fulfil it, the Law is impoffible and void, Si De Juflif: precepta effent impobilia, neminem obligarent, lib.4. cap. ac per hoc prxcepta non ent prxcepta, faith 3' Bellarmine, If the Commands were impofble,they would oblige none, and fo Would become no Com- mands. But in the Point of AiTurance we may with much better reafora fay, if we cannot ful- fill the Commands concerning it, they are then impoffible and vain ; the Law is an ex- ad Rule of Righteoufnefs, a Copy of the pure Law engraven on Mans Heart at firft, in the fiate of Innocency, unto which it was attem -, perated. It was not at all impoffible, and that it is fo now is only from Mans Apofiacy: And withal, the very .ra ád'úvctzov pis vatot, the im- poffibility of the Law is admirably ufeful to drive us in a deep fence of our Impotence, to E e Chrift 401
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