AtoommIll s ¿ peteetOUo , at* Thirdly,. What are theAdjun6fs and proper- ties thereof ? Firff, Vnto whom or what this refignationis made ? I anfwer,it is made unto Jefus Chrit the Mediator, unto God the whole facred Trinity, and unto the Nord : unto Chriti as the Mediator and grand medium of falvation ; unto God as the Center and ultimate objec`l of Faith ; and unto, the Word, as the warrant, rule, and way,in,by, and according to which faith muff proceed. igt .f irf, This refignation is made to Chrif i' as the 'Ilediator and grand medium of begin with this fiat, becaufe Faith cannot go to God immediately,but to the Mediator firíl,and fo to God.Thus the Scripture faith, through him we have acceßto the Father, Eph. 2. IS. by him we come unto God,i-.Ieb.7.2 5. and which is more ex- prefs,by him we believe in God, I Pet. I.2 r. If we will go to our heavenly Father, we mull firü put on our elder brothers robes, we mull cloath our faith and refignation in the retignations of Chrilf,and fo appear before God ; we mull put our faith into the hand of a Mediator, and from thence it will afccnd up before the divine Maje- ily.Takc away the Mediator, and God is a con fuming fire ; no faith, no prayer, can approach unto him : If the cloud of incenfe do not cover the Mercy fëat,Aaronwill dye before it, Lev. 16.13. unlefs the Mediators merits had been as a cloud of incenfe about God, the sinner, though in the loweil pofiure of refignation,mufl have died be- fore the Father of mercies. Firll then, there is a refignation unto. Chrift as the Mediator and grand
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