Rutherford - HP BS2575 .4 R975 1743

~86 . 7 he Trial and SER· 21 Life, who bath . not a Way for I~ife, but one ;Nick of a Rock ; if he mi:fs that he is a dead Man, had he a hundred Lives. So is the Believer . Purfu~d for Blood; there is but one City of Refuge m Heaven1 p: out of Heaven ; thi;; is only,' only. Jefus Chrdl the great Rock. And it is t1·ue, 'ns in a Manner forced Faith, and ·~arced Love caft upon Chrift uponagreat Venture; yet we may make Neceffity here the greateft Virtue or the highdl: Grace, and that i~. To ~ome t~ Chrift. Satan dotb but ride upon the Weal.:nefs of many, proving that they are not worthy of Chrift, which is theWay of aSophifl, to prove .an evident Truth that cannot be denied. But there's no greater Vantage can be had againft Sin and Satan than this ; becaufe I am unworthy of Chrift, :and out of 1v1eafure finful, and I find it is fo, (Satan and Confcience teaching me th2.t Truth, to bring me .on a talie Conclufion) therefore ought I, therefore mnft I come to Chrifl:, unworthy as I am : For free Grace is mov:ed from within itfe1f from God's good Will, ,only without any Motion or Aaion tram Sin, to put itfelf forth upon the Sinner, to the End, that Sin being exceeding finful, Grace, may be abundantly Grace ; and no Thanks to Sqtan for i9gge:fl:ing a true Principle ('ihou art un:zt•o-;:thy of Chrijl) to promove a faHe Conclufiop, (TlJcrefcre thou art not come to · Chrijl) for the contrary arguinp.1s, GofpeZ. Logick.~ Satan's Rc;;dcming fl1ould fhould_ be good, if there were no \Vay b1.1tthe Lawto gtve Life. But be4au1e there is a Saviour, a Gofpel, and a new ~nd living Way to Heaven: The contrary arguwg is the Sinner's Life and Happinefs. 6.The

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