all unrighteoufne/Je and ungodlinef. judge of Him according to His owne rule, His Thoughts are not as our thoughts; He hath given a rule,and hash laid, The leaf( jot of itfliall not pale, but be fulfilled, not the lea(t breach of ir, but it (hall bee required. Confider this, and it will amaze us, and make us to tremble, when you know that the firms you have forgotten, and the leali breach of this Law (hall be furely required to the uttermof. But, you will fay, you talke of Impofïibilities, which noman is able to performe. It is true, it is a thing we are not able to performe : But therein is feene the Terrour ofthe Law, and that ( hould humble you the more, for I cannot compare the Law to any thing better, than to the Taske.ma (tors in /Egypt, the people had enough to doe, in. deed more than they could performe, complaining of their fore bondage; what releefe had they e They are told, they (hall give in the fame number of Bricks that they did before, and yet (hall have no ft raw; Now, how fhould they doe this So it is with the Law, it commands, Doe this ; you complaine, Alas, I know not how to doe it, I have no ability, you bid me make Bricke, but allow me no straw ; that is all one,the fame Tale of Brick (hall be required of you, that is, the fame meafttre of obedience that was re- quired of Adam, as it you had the fame abilities re- maining in you. And yet G o b is not unjuft, He doth not reape where He did not low before; He fowed it once in Adam, and confequently in his rPofteriry. Andthat no man may thinke this hard, tooke:to the firft finne that 4darn committed, and if wee be guilty of that D z finne, 35 SERM. II. objet. con fro. The Law com pared to /E- gyptian task - mailers. God,jttftin re- quiring of us according to Adams abili -. ties.
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