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SEAM. 1.1

INWARD WITNESS TO

C

1RISTIANITY.

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ing

his

person;

such

as

these,

that

he

is

true God

and

true

man,

i.

e.

that

God and

man

are

united

in

him;

that

he

was

the

son

of God

before

all ages,

and the son

of

man born in time.

That

he

was

the

seed

of

David

after

the

flesh,

but

declared

to

be

the

Son

of

God with

power,

by

the

resurrection

from

the

dead,

li

om. i. 3,

4.

That

he

is

that

eternal Word,

who

in the

beginning

was

with

God,

and

was

God,

and

who

was in

due

time

madeflesl

:,

and

tabernacled

among

us;

as

in

John

i.

14.

This

is

that

mystery

of

godliness which

we

must

believe,

God manifest

in

the

flesh,

1

Tim. iii.

16.

It

implies also

our

belief

of

his

doctrine,

as

well

as

of

the divinity and humanity united

in his

person;

wiz.

That

we

are

all

sinners condemned

by

the

law

of

God

;.

enemies to

God

in

our

minds,

transgressors

in

our

lives,

and exposed

to

eternal

death:

That

the

divine

law

is

so

strict,

so

perfect,

so

holy,

and

so

just, that

no

mere

man

since the fall can

fulfil

it,

nor

yet excuse

or

free

himself

from

the

condemnation

of it

:

That

Christ

him-

self

came

toficll

this

law, as

he tells

us in

.IWat.

v.

17,

18.

That

he carne

not

only to

perform the duties

of

it

by an

active obedience,

but to

put

himself

under the

curse and condemnation

for

our

sakes.

Which the apos-

tle

to

the

Galatians

expresses

in

this language,

that

in

the

fulness

of

time

he

was

made

under

the

law,

to become

a

curse

for

us,

that

we

who

are

under

the

law

might

be

redeemed

from

the curse, and

receive

a

blessing,

Gal.

iii.

13.

and

iv.

5.

That

he

died

for

our

eences,

that

he

rose

again

for

our justification;

and

that

he has

re-

ceived

the

spirit of

holiness, which

he

sends into

our

sinful

natures,

to form

us

fit

for

that

heavenly

inherit

-

ance

which he

bath purchased

for

us by his

death.

That

without

this purification

of our

natures,

we

can

have

no

hope

of

heaven,

for without

repentance and

holiness no

man

shall

see

God.

That

Jesus

Christ our Lord

shall

raise the dead,

shall come

in the

last

day

to

judge

the

world,

and

pass

a

decisive

sentence,

and

shall then

re-

ward

every

one

according

to

his works.

Though

all

these things

were

not

so

plainly

taught

by

our

Saviour

himself

in his

public ministry in the world,

yet

thesc

were

the doctrines

which his

apostles preached

continu-

ally,

and

they received them from

him

by

private

in

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