P etíougs j' aitf). cencv and perfeft Holinefs,and under the Cove- nant of Grace is in a Rate of Weaknefs and Im- perfecion ; and yet there through Faith he ar- rives at Affúrance and Perfeverance, which were never reached under the Firft Covenant. Saint Patti, in the loth Chapter to the Ro- mans, notably diftinguifhes between the Righ- teoufinef of the Lam and the Righteoufrtefs of Faith : The Righteoufnef of the Lam, is, That the man which doth thofe things (hall live in them; No Life or Peace, but upon perfeer Obedience, which is impoflible, and beyond the line of man lapfed, nay, of man regenerate in this life. Hence the Confcience of thofe, who would enter into Peace at this Door, muff needs be dubious, and full of trembling anxieties. But the Righteoufnefs of Faith fpeaketh on this wife, Say not in thine heart, Who fhall afcend into Heaven ? Doubt not, whether thou fhalt have a part there ; this is to bring Chrift down from above : He is gone to Heaven, and bath carried his Merits thither to prepare a place for thee there. Such a doubt denies his Afcenfion , and fo, as it were, brings him down again : Neither fay in thine heart, Who (hall defcend into the deep ? Doubt not as if thou fhouldft be turned into Hell ; this is to bring up Chrift again from the dead : He is already rifen, and bath triumphed over Death and Hell. Such a doubt denies his Death' and Refurreftion ; and doth as it were bring him again from the dead. But what faith the Righteoufnefs of Faith ? The Ward, the Pro - mife
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