4.o6 VERSE 4. * Bafil.tom.i. Howl. Ztod Dewnon eft Au- tor mAli. lull n. alart,4polog. . ;f1PC9oNSCIA1101 ee Vid. Tert. ad- verf.alarc. 1.2. c.6,7..9. Prov. r .29. Ecc1eE7.29. Eray66.3,4. The Prieflhood ofChrift. fhould of it relfe,and out of the corruption of its owne 1 rearm and judgement,choofe to relinquifh the fervice of I him to whom it is naturally and unavoidably fubjea, and by that meanes become altogether unprofitable, aboininable, andunfit for the Maffers ufe, and for thole holy ends towhich it was originally ordered,but it muff withallincurre the difpleafure, and thereupon provoke the revengeof that righteousCreator, who out ofgreat reafons had put it under filch a fervice. Fifthly, By all this which hath hitherto beenefpoken it appeares, that God is not unjuff, but moll holy and righteous : Firff, in making a Law for man toobferve, when hee forbade theeating of the fruit ofthe treeof knowledgeofgoodand evil!, to Phew that man hadno- thing by perfonall, immediate, and underived right,but all by donation, and indulgence. Any LawGodmight jualy make, the obedience whereof hee gave the crea- ture anoriginal! power to performe,by reafon ofthena- tura!! and neceffary fubje&ion ofthe creature unto him. Secondly, in annexing a curfe and penalty to the viola- tionof that Law, which for the declarationofhis glo- rious juflice hee might moil righteouflydoe, becaufeof the inevitable demerit, or liableneffe unto cenfure from the difobedienceof that Law refuking. Thirdly,in ma- king man in fuch amutable condition, as in the whichhe might ffand or fall by his owne ele&ion, becaufe hee would beobeyed by judgement and free choice, * not by fatall neceflitie, orabfolute determination. Sixthly, here then comes in the fall ofman, being a wilful' or chofen tranfgreflionofa Law, under the pre- cepts whereofhe was moll juflly created, and unto the malediaionwherofhe was as neceffarily & righteoufly fubje& ifhee tranfgreffed : for as bybeing Gods crea_ tore, he wasfubje& to his will, fo by beinghis prifoner, he was as juftly fubje& untohiswrath,and that fomuch themore, by howmuch the precept was more juff, the obedience
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