Triumph of Faith~ S E R M 0 N. :lkX. YEa, the' Law from the higheft bended Love, even from Love with all the whole Soul, and all it~ ftrength Matth. xxii. forbiddeth all6n., no lefs than the Gofpel of Love, which Gofpcl doth fpiritualize the Law to the Believer, b4-t not abolilh it: The G01'eJ' addeth a new Argu- ,ment of Gofpel-love, becaufe Chrift bath died, for n\e, therefore I'll keep the fame Law of God l was under before, only now l fear not aaual Condemnation, which js accidental to the Law, for Chrift and the confirmed Angels keep the Law. as a Rule ofLife, yet without any Fear of actual Condemn~ion; nor doth the Gofpel more ma:ke CJJavid's Adultery, not to be againft the feventh Commandment to :/Javid, than it maketh the Ifraelites fpoiling of the EgJptians of their Ear · rings and Jewels, to be no Breach of the eighth Commandment: The Grace of Chrift doth privilege the Believer from Condemnation ,whichCondemna:tion is a meer Accident, which doth go and come without hurting the E!fenceofthe Law, and its commanding and eternal Moral directing Power: The ·Law faith (do and live) there's no Exception of this, 'tis the will ofGod eternal; as God is ~ternal, and obligeth us in Heaven, and tor ever, Rev. xxii. 5· But this (if you do not9 you jball die) bath a large Exception; Chrift my Son jba!J die for you, and this ) if j)OU keep not the Law, you are conclenmed ) to the Believer is abolifhed and when we are, Rom. vii. faid to be freed from our firft Husband, as the Woman is freed by Law from her dead Husband, and may, with-r •. !
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