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             A Scriptural and rational account of the Christian religion particularly concerning justification only by the propitiation and redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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           A
           Scriptural
           and
           Rational
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           Christian
           RELIGION
           ;
           PARTICULARLY
           ,
           Concerning
           Justification
           only
           by
           the
           Propitiation
           and
           Redemption
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             
               Rom.
               5.1
               ,
               2.
            
             
          
           
             Therefore
             being
             justified
             by
             Faith
             ,
             we
             have
             Peace
             with
             God
             through
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             By
             whom
             also
             we
             have
             Access
             by
             Faith
             into
             this
             Grace
             wherein
             we
             stand
             ,
             and
             rejoice
             in
             hope
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Psal
               .
               14.1
               ,
               2.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Fool
             hath
             said
             in
             his
             Heart
             ,
             There
             is
             no
             God
             :
             they
             are
             corrupt
             ,
             they
             have
             done
             abominable
             Works
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             that
             doth
             good
             .
             The
             Lord
             looked
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
             ;
             to
             see
             if
             there
             were
             any
             that
             did
             understand
             ,
             and
             seek
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Deut.
               32.6
            
             .
          
           
             Do
             ye
             thus
             requite
             the
             Lord
             ,
             O
             foolish
             and
             unwise
             ?
             Is
             not
             he
             thy
             Father
             that
             hath
             bought
             〈◊〉
             ?
             Hath
             he
             not
             made
             thee
             ,
             and
             established
             thee
             ?
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Jonas
             Lumley
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bird
           in
           Hand
           near
           the
           Maypole
           in
           the
           Strand
           .
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
           
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           IT
           was
           the
           usual
           Saying
           of
           an
           excellent
           Person
           ,
           
             That
             variety
             of
             Books
             [
             tho
             upon
             the
             same
             Subject
             ]
             concerning
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             was
             very
             advantagious
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             might
             be
             furnished
             with
             a
             Weapon
             fitted
             to
             his
             Hand
             .
          
           For
           
             as
             in
             Water
             Face
             answereth
             to
             Face
          
           ;
           
           
             so
             the
             Heart
             of
             Man
             to
             Man
             :
          
           As
           in
           general
           ,
           so
           in
           particular
           respects
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           it
           may
           be
           hoped
           that
           in
           the
           perusing
           of
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ;
           some
           also
           may
           be
           
           gratified
           with
           the
           Agreeableness
           of
           a
           plain
           Representation
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Truth
           .
           An
           Interest
           in
           Redemption
           by
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           that
           by
           which
           every
           Christian
           must
           stand
           or
           fall
           before
           the
           dreadful
           Tribunal
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           God.
           Accordingly
           the
           Principle
           of
           Justification
           by
           the
           Sufferings
           ,
           Death
           ,
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           Righteousness
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           the
           Article
           of
           Faith
           by
           which
           every
           Church
           must
           stand
           or
           fall
           ;
           It
           being
           the
           Pillar
           and
           Ground
           of
           Truth
           ,
           the
           Rock
           upon
           which
           our
           Lord
           hath
           built
           his
           Church
           ,
           against
           which
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           cannot
           prevail
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Rock
           upon
           which
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           were
           recovered
           from
           Antichristian
           Apostacy
           .
           
             For
             other
             Foundation
             can
             no
             Man
             lay
             ,
             
             
             than
             that
             is
             laid
             ,
             which
             is
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           
           But
           instead
           of
           building
           upon
           this
           precious
           Corner-Stone
           with
           precious
           Stones
           ,
           
           to
           bring
           up
           the
           head-Stone
           with
           Praise
           to
           Divine
           Grace
           ;
           many
           unhappily
           have
           not
           taken
           heed
           how
           they
           build
           with
           Wood
           ,
           Hay
           ,
           Stubble
           ,
           Materials
           for
           fewel
           of
           Contention
           ,
           to
           make
           
             Jerusalem
             Babylon
          
           ,
           
           and
           defeat
           the
           glorious
           Things
           spoken
           of
           the
           City
           of
           God.
           That
           Jerusalem
           might
           be
           a
           Praise
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Joy
           of
           the
           whole
           Earth
           :
           For
           Peace
           is
           the
           Fruit
           of
           Righteousness
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           must
           be
           for
           a
           Lamentation
           and
           Prognostick
           of
           Desolation
           ,
           if
           not
           prevented
           by
           infinite
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           ;
           that
           after
           so
           many
           Years
           Gospel-Light
           there
           should
           be
           regard
           to
           false
           
           Teachers
           ,
           
           privily
           bringing
           in
           damnable
           Heresies
           ,
           
             even
             denying
             the
             Lord
             that
             bought
             them
             .
          
           Privily
           indeed
           ,
           pretending
           an
           Inquiry
           after
           sensible
           Ideas
           of
           spiritual
           and
           supernatural
           Truths
           
             of
             Eternal
             Life
          
           :
           Whereas
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           give
           an
           Idea
           of
           the
           Breath
           of
           Natural
           Life
           .
           Suborning
           also
           a
           Spectre
           of
           Rational
           Demonstration
           to
           determine
           and
           judg
           Things
           invisible
           ,
           which
           can
           only
           be
           the
           Objects
           of
           Faith
           
             in
             the
             Word
             of
             God
          
           :
           Whereas
           the
           use
           of
           right
           Reason
           is
           miserably
           lost
           and
           overwhelmed
           in
           the
           Ruins
           of
           Apostacy
           from
           God.
           
           
             Vanity
             now
             possessing
             the
             Mind
             ,
             the
             Understanding
             being
             darkned
             ,
             
             and
             alienated
             from
             the
             Life
             of
             God
             ,
             through
             the
             Ignorance
             that
             is
             in
             them
             ,
             because
             
             of
             the
             Blindness
             and
             Hardness
             of
             their
             Hearts
             :
             Thus
             being
             past
             feeling
             ,
             they
             give
             themselves
             over
             to
             Lasciviousness
             ,
             and
             to
             work
             all
             Uncleanness
             with
             Greediness
             .
             For
             the
             Heart
             is
             deceitful
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             desperately
             wicked
             ,
             even
             in
             these
             pretended
             Rationalists
             as
             well
             as
             others
             .
          
           That
           this
           is
           the
           true
           State
           and
           Temper
           of
           the
           universality
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           is
           undeniably
           evinced
           ,
           by
           the
           continual
           Practice
           and
           Conversation
           of
           all
           the
           World
           in
           all
           Ages
           and
           Countries
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           Natural
           right
           Reason
           is
           no
           where
           to
           be
           found
           directing
           the
           Tenor
           and
           entire
           Compass
           of
           Human
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           .
        
         
         
           But
           those
           baptized
           Epicures
           (
           as
           they
           are
           termed
           by
           the
           most
           Worthy
           and
           Honourable
           Mr.
           Boyle
           )
           that
           strut
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           Deists
           ,
           but
           are
           indeed
           Atheists
           ,
           without
           God
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           renouncing
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           rejecting
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           denying
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           Future
           State
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Mankind
           is
           subjected
           to
           a
           Baseness
           and
           Wretchedness
           ,
           inferior
           to
           the
           worst
           of
           Brutes
           :
           And
           thereby
           also
           rescinding
           the
           Bond
           of
           Security
           and
           Peace
           among
           all
           Human
           Societies
           and
           Relations
           ,
           which
           can
           only
           consist
           in
           the
           Fear
           of
           God.
           Such
           happy
           Infects
           who
           desire
           to
           live
           apace
           may
           receive
           their
           own
           Idea
           from
           Mr.
           Cowley
           .
        
         
         
           
             After
             Death
             I
             nothing
             crave
             ,
             
          
           
             Let
             me
             alive
             my
             Pleasures
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             Happy
             Insect
             ,
             happy
             thou
             ,
             
          
           
             Dost
             neither
             Age
             nor
             Winter
             know
             ;
          
           
             But
             when
             thou
             'st
             drunk
             ,
             and
             danc'd
             ,
             and
             sung
          
           
             Thy
             fill
             ,
             thy
             flow'ry
             Leaves
             among
             ,
          
           
             (
             Voluptuous
             and
             wise
             withal
             Epicurean
             Animal
             )
          
           
             Satiated
             with
             thy
             Summer's
             Feast
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             retir'st
             ;
             to
             endless
             Rest
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           the
           certain
           Conviction
           and
           inevitable
           Doom
           of
           
           such
           Men
           ,
           
           That
           
             the
             Heart
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             Men
             is
             full
             of
             Evil
             ,
             and
             Madness
             is
             in
             their
             Heart
             while
             they
             live
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             they
             go
             to
             the
             Dead
             .
          
           
           
             But
             as
             it
             is
             appointed
             unto
             Men
             once
             to
             die
             ,
             so
             after
             this
             the
             Judgment
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Scriptural
           and
           Rational
           Account
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           The
           invisible
           Things
           of
           God
           from
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           are
           clearly
           seen
           ,
           
           being
           understood
           by
           the
           Things
           that
           are
           made
           ,
           even
           his
           Eternal
           Power
           ,
           and
           Godhead
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           Men
           are
           without
           
             Excuse
             .
             Consequently
          
           there
           is
           implanted
           in
           every
           intellectual
           Mind
           a
           Conscience
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ,
           
           accusing
           or
           excusing
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Law
           written
           in
           their
           Hearts
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           cannot
           but
           be
           Trembling
           at
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           Judgment
           to
           come
           .
           
        
         
           For
           the
           Elements
           of
           a
           Rational
           Creature
           are
           dependent
           upon
           the
           Creator
           for
           Life
           ,
           
           (
           God
           is
           our
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Length
           of
           our
           Days
           )
           
           and
           for
           a
           Rule
           of
           Action
           ,
           which
           can
           be
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           only
           Eternal
           Reason
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           :
           Not
           any
           thing
           being
           antecedently
           good
           to
           the
           Unchangable
           ,
           Eternal
           ,
           Holy
           Will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Also
           for
           the
           End
           and
           Felicity
           of
           Being
           ,
           
           which
           is
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           
             including
             the
             Salvation
             of
             the
             Immortal
             Creature
             .
          
        
         
           God
           made
           Man
           upright
           in
           his
           Image
           ,
           
           engraved
           his
           Mind
           with
           a
           Law
           ,
           
           holy
           ,
           just
           and
           good
           ;
           a
           Rule
           of
           perpetual
           Righteousness
           ,
           
           to
           direct
           and
           judg
           all
           Human
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           .
           But
           Sin
           ,
           
           which
           is
           the
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Law
           alienated
           Man
           from
           the
           Eise
           of
           God
           ,
           
           who
           thereby
           becoming
           vapid
           and
           unprofitable
           ,
           
           fell
           miserably
           short
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           subjected
           the
           Creature
           to
           Vanity
           ,
           
           Vexation
           and
           Death
           ;
           renounced
           the
           all-sufficient
           Goodness
           ,
           Truth
           and
           Soveraignty
           of
           the
           Infinite
           Almighty
           Creator
           ,
           God
           blessed
           
           for
           ever
           :
           Shall
           not
           then
           the
           Judg
           of
           all
           the
           World
           do
           right
           ?
        
         
           For
           according
           to
           his
           Fear
           due
           to
           his
           Infinite
           Perfections
           ,
           
           and
           Absolute
           Dominions
           ,
           such
           is
           his
           Wrath
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           Vindictive
           Judgment
           upon
           all
           Sinners
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           there
           could
           be
           an
           Intermission
           of
           this
           providential
           Circulation
           ,
           an
           immediate
           Deliquium
           of
           the
           Universe
           must
           ensue
           .
           The
           conscientious
           Awe
           of
           this
           being
           the
           only
           real
           Security
           of
           Human
           Relation
           and
           Society
           :
           There
           must
           then
           upon
           every
           hainous
           Offence
           be
           either
           Satisfaction
           to
           Justice
           ,
           or
           the
           Execution
           of
           Justice
           .
        
         
           Both
           which
           intirely
           and
           absolutely
           depend
           upon
           and
           proceed
           from
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           liable
           to
           any
           finite
           Thought
           or
           Assignation
           .
           
             Who
             hath
             directed
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             being
             his
             Counsellor
             ,
             hath
             taught
             him
             ?
             With
             whom
             took
             he
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             who
             hath
             instructed
             and
             taught
             
             him
             in
             the
             Path
             of
             Judgment
             ?
          
           
           
             O
             the
             Depth
             of
             the
             Riches
             both
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Knowledg
             of
             God!
          
           The
           Riches
           of
           his
           Grace
           hath
           abounded
           towards
           us
           in
           all
           Wisdom
           and
           Prudence
           ;
           
           
             according
             to
             his
             Pleasure
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             purposed
             in
             himself
             .
          
           To
           declare
           his
           Righteousness
           ,
           
           that
           he
           might
           
             be
             just
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Justifier
           of
           the
           ungodly
           which
           believeth
           in
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           The
           Institution
           and
           Hope
           of
           this
           Redemption
           was
           revealed
           to
           our
           first
           Parents
           ,
           under
           the
           forlorn
           Consternation
           of
           their
           Fall
           ,
           when
           God
           gave
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           to
           bruise
           the
           Serpent's
           Head.
           
           In
           the
           Scriptures
           relating
           the
           History
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Church
           before
           the
           Ministry
           of
           Moses
           ,
           it
           hath
           not
           pleased
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           speak
           particularly
           of
           the
           Institution
           of
           Ceremonial
           Worship
           and
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           from
           Adam
           to
           Moses
           ,
           Death
           ,
           the
           Wages
           of
           Sin
           ,
           reigned
           ;
           
           now
           Sin
           is
           not
           imputed
           when
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           ;
           for
           Sin
           is
           the
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Law
           :
           So
           likewise
           the
           Salvation
           of
           the
           first
           Patriarchs
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           particularly
           of
           Abel
           and
           Enoch
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           obtained
           but
           by
           Faith
           in
           the
           promised
           Mediator
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           please
           God
           Neither
           can
           Faith
           be
           separated
           from
           Obedience
           to
           a
           Word
           of
           Command
           and
           Promise
           .
        
         
           The
           Object
           of
           Faith
           being
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           even
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             same
             yesterday
             ,
             and
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Expression
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Jeremy
           ,
           is
           to
           this
           most
           apposit
           ,
           
           
             A
             glorious
             high
             Throne
             from
             the
             beginning
             is
             the
             place
             of
             our
             Sanctuary
             :
          
           That
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           God's
           reconciling
           the
           World
           to
           himself
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           the
           Lamb
           of
           God
           ,
           slain
           from
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           was
           the
           only
           and
           
             necessary
             Mediator
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           
           of
           Grace
           between
           God
           and
           Man
           for
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           Remission
           ,
           also
           for
           Intercession
           and
           Acceptance
           ,
           who
           so
           became
           the
           Author
           of
           Eternal
           Salvation
           to
           all
           that
           obey
           him
           .
           
           Obedience
           then
           to
           the
           revealed
           Will
           of
           God
           is
           the
           indispensable
           Duty
           of
           all
           true
           Worshippers
           of
           God
           with
           Acceptance
           .
        
         
           It
           pleased
           God
           in
           gracious
           Condescension
           to
           Human
           Frailty
           ,
           before
           the
           Fulness
           of
           Time
           came
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           should
           offer
           up
           himself
           ,
           once
           in
           the
           End
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           when
           he
           appeared
           to
           put
           away
           Sin
           
             by
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             himself
          
           ,
           in
           that
           mean
           time
           to
           institute
           Sacrifices
           which
           were
           not
           voluntary
           Devotions
           by
           the
           Will
           of
           Man
           ,
           either
           gratulatory
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           representative
           to
           the
           Offerer
           ,
           but
           exact
           Performances
           according
           to
           the
           express
           Precept
           of
           God.
           For
           ,
           as
           Lactantius
           says
           ,
           God
           only
           can
           teach
           how
           he
           would
           be
           worshipped
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Evidence
           of
           this
           also
           appears
           from
           the
           words
           of
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           
           concerning
           Abel
           offering
           a
           more
           excellent
           Sacrifice
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           obtained
           Witness
           that
           he
           was
           Righteous
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           unless
           his
           Sacrifice
           were
           entirely
           and
           only
           such
           as
           God
           commanded
           ;
           so
           that
           being
           dead
           ,
           he
           yet
           speaketh
           ,
           and
           instructeth
           us
           in
           this
           great
           Truth
           ,
           That
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Righteousness
           in
           any
           Religion
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Observance
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           It
           evidently
           also
           appears
           ,
           that
           Sacrifices
           were
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           only
           to
           be
           such
           Offerings
           of
           Beasts
           and
           Fowl
           ,
           as
           were
           not
           by
           natural
           Distinction
           ,
           but
           by
           positive
           Command
           ,
           selected
           to
           be
           clean
           and
           made
           capable
           to
           be
           sacrificed
           ;
           all
           other
           Species
           being
           excluded
           as
           unclean
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           must
           be
           understood
           the
           right
           End
           and
           Intention
           of
           Sacrifice
           .
           The
           Scripture
           
           speaks
           expresly
           ,
           
           that
           without
           shedding
           of
           Blood
           there
           is
           no
           Remission
           of
           Sin
           ;
           yet
           the
           Blood
           of
           Bulls
           and
           Goats
           could
           not
           avail
           to
           make
           the
           Worshipper
           perfect
           :
           so
           that
           the
           continual
           Sacrifice
           daily
           offered
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           extraordinary
           Burnt-offerings
           occasionally
           appointed
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           were
           merciful
           Surrogations
           of
           Typical
           Propitiations
           with
           respect
           to
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           Blood
           only
           could
           take
           away
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           World
           :
           
           Whose
           Blood
           ,
           being
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           everlasting
           Covenant
           ,
           could
           only
           make
           the
           Comers
           unto
           God
           perfect
           .
        
         
           Man
           being
           made
           ,
           in
           Honour
           ,
           did
           not
           therein
           abide
           ,
           but
           because
           like
           the
           Beasts
           that
           perish
           .
        
         
           Also
           being
           raised
           up
           to
           Hope
           in
           the
           Promise
           of
           Grace
           by
           ,
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           they
           apostatized
           quickly
           ,
           becoming
           
             vain
             in
             their
             Imagination
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             their
             foolish
             Heart
             being
             darkened
             ,
             changed
             the
             Truth
             of
             God
             into
             a
             Lie
             ,
             and
             worshipped
             and
             
             served
             the
             Creature
             more
             than
             the
             Creator
             ,
             who
             is
             blessed
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           there
           remained
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Idolatrous
           Nations
           a
           Conviction
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           necessity
           of
           Propitiatory
           Sacrifices
           to
           appease
           the
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           atone
           the
           offended
           Justice
           of
           Divine
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Profane
           Histories
           are
           full
           of
           continual
           Instanccs
           of
           the
           Solemnities
           of
           Sacrifices
           Ilastical
           to
           appease
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           :
           All
           which
           Offerings
           were
           feigned
           and
           imposed
           ,
           as
           if
           divinely
           authorized
           and
           instituted
           :
           And
           the
           Ceremonies
           relating
           thereunto
           ,
           stiled
           Mysteries
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           visible
           Signatures
           of
           spiritual
           Intention
           and
           Efficacy
           .
           For
           tho
           the
           Medium
           and
           Object
           of
           propitiatory
           Worship
           by
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           were
           vain
           and
           false
           ;
           yet
           most
           rational
           was
           the
           indelible
           Conviction
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           Propitiation
           and
           Atonement
           towards
           God
           for
           the
           Remission
           of
           
           Sins
           committed
           by
           the
           Rebellion
           and
           A
           postacy
           of
           Human
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           The
           mystery
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           great
           without
           Controversy
           ,
           
           represents
           God
           manifested
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           believed
           on
           in
           the
           World.
           This
           is
           the
           Mystery
           of
           God
           ,
           
           and
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           The
           Explanation
           of
           which
           is
           ,
           
             That
             God
             was
             in
             Christ
          
           
           
             reconciling
             the
             World
             unto
             himself
             ,
             not
             imputing
             their
             Trespasses
             unto
             them
             :
             For
             he
             hath
             made
             him
             who
             knew
             no
             Sin
             ,
             to
             be
             Sin
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             be
             made
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             God
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Reconciliation
           and
           Remissfion
           is
           always
           expressed
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           Ransom
           ,
           Atonement
           ,
           Redemption
           ,
           Propitiation
           and
           Expiation
           ;
           all
           which
           is
           to
           be
           performed
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           slain
           Sacrisice
           :
           
           For
           the
           Scripture
           testifies
           ,
           without
           shedding
           of
           Blood
           there
           is
           no
           Remission
           of
           Sins
           .
           
           But
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           that
           
           the
           Blood
           of
           Bulls
           and
           Goats
           should
           take
           away
           Sins
           .
        
         
           The
           Divine
           Justice
           could
           not
           take
           Plcasure
           in
           any
           Sacrifices
           which
           were
           offered
           (
           tho
           by
           the
           Typical
           Law
           )
           for
           Sin
           ,
           so
           as
           thereby
           to
           receive
           Satisfaction
           .
           Therefore
           when
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           came
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           a
           Body
           was
           prepared
           for
           him
           ,
           therein
           to
           do
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ;
           by
           the
           which
           Will
           we
           are
           sanctified
           through
           the
           offering
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           once
           for
           all
           .
           For
           it
           is
           only
           the
           beloved
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           whom
           God
           can
           be
           well-pleased
           with
           sinners
           ,
           
           even
           through
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           who
           through
           the
           eternal
           Spirit
           offered
           himself
           without
           spot
           to
           God
           ;
           who
           purgethi'geth
           our
           Consciences
           from
           the
           dead
           Works
           of
           Sin
           ,
           to
           serve
           the
           Living
           God
           :
           
             For
             by
             one
             Offering
             he
             hath
             perfected
             ever
             them
             that
             are
             sanctisied
             .
          
           
        
         
           Therefore
           to
           imagine
           any
           Possibility
           of
           the
           Pardon
           of
           Sin
           without
           
           out
           the
           atoning
           Propitiation
           and
           Satisfaction
           only
           obtained
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           an
           evil
           Figment
           to
           palliate
           the
           desperate
           Wickedness
           and
           Sinfulness
           of
           Sin
           ,
           to
           make
           void
           the
           Law
           of
           perpetual
           Righteousness
           which
           is
           the
           in●sible
           Rule
           and
           Judg
           of
           all
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           ,
           and
           doth
           indeed
           effectually
           contemn
           and
           blaspheme
           the
           infinite
           Majesty
           ,
           Holiness
           and
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Creator
           and
           Preserver
           of
           all
           Beings
           ;
           and
           ,
           consequently
           ,
           miserably
           deprives
           a
           Sinner
           of
           that
           strong
           Consolation
           given
           by
           God
           to
           those
           that
           fly
           for
           Refuge
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           
           to
           obtain
           by
           his
           Resurrection
           (
           the
           Evidence
           of
           his
           compleat
           Satisfaction
           to
           Divine
           Justice
           )
           the
           Answer
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           The
           Worshippers
           thus
           purged
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           ,
           having
           no
           more
           Conscience
           of
           Sins
           ,
           
           
             the
             Lord
             having
             laid
             on
             him
             the
             Iniquities
             of
             us
             all
             ,
          
           who
           do
           the
           Work
           of
           
           God
           ,
           to
           believe
           on
           him
           whom
           he
           hath
           sent
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           is
           the
           true
           Cabala
           ,
           the
           faithful
           Saying
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           all
           Acceptation
           ,
           
           That
           Christ
           Jesus
           came
           into
           the
           World
           to
           save
           even
           chief
           Sinners
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Cases
           of
           Life
           and
           Death
           according
           to
           universal
           Justice
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           it
           is
           fatal
           not
           only
           to
           be
           an
           Outlaw
           ,
           flying
           from
           Justice
           ,
           Mute
           in
           refusing
           to
           answer
           Justice
           ;
           but
           it
           proves
           no
           less
           mortal
           to
           suggest
           a
           Plea
           which
           the
           Law
           will
           not
           allow
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           Criminal
           condemned
           to
           die
           be
           favoured
           with
           some
           Reprieve
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           the
           Soveraign's
           Commission
           intrusted
           with
           an
           important
           Imployment
           ,
           the
           faithful
           Discharge
           of
           that
           Trust
           is
           meer
           Duty
           ,
           but
           not
           Merit
           ;
           and
           he
           remains
           still
           a
           condemned
           Malefactor
           ,
           liable
           to
           the
           former
           Sentence
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Attaint
           and
           Death
           ,
           from
           which
           not
           any
           thing
           can
           deliver
           but
           a
           Pardon
           
           from
           the
           Soveraign
           ,
           laid
           hold
           on
           ,
           and
           legally
           pleaded
           by
           the
           Criminal
           .
           It
           is
           thus
           according
           to
           the
           Rule
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           between
           the
           Judg
           of
           all
           the
           World
           and
           every
           Mortal
           Creature
           ,
           that
           God
           might
           be
           just
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Justifier
           of
           him
           which
           believeth
           in
           Jesus
           .
           Therefore
           we
           must
           not
           be
           ignorant
           of
           Saton's
           Devices
           ;
           the
           Popish
           Doctrine
           of
           Merit
           ,
           by
           Works
           sprinkled
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           available
           to
           Justification
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           
           is
           an
           Antichristian
           Departure
           from
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           teaching
           of
           Lies
           in
           Hypocrisy
           :
           For
           there
           cannot
           be
           any
           Work
           possible
           to
           be
           accepted
           by
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           an
           Act
           of
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           the
           best
           Performances
           of
           such
           is
           but
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           that
           of
           an
           unprofitable
           Servant
           ;
           
           When
           we
           shall
           have
           done
           all
           those
           things
           which
           are
           commanded
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           say
           ,
           We
           have
           done
           that
           which
           
           was
           our
           Duty
           to
           do
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Observance
           of
           a
           present
           Duty
           (
           the
           Neglect
           or
           Male-performance
           whereof
           would
           be
           criminal
           Guilt
           )
           cannot
           in
           any
           just
           Construction
           be
           assumed
           or
           imputed
           to
           expiate
           a
           precedent
           Transgression
           guilty
           of
           Felony
           and
           Treason
           .
        
         
           Yet
           this
           Truth
           doth
           not
           in
           any
           degree
           exempt
           from
           the
           Obedience
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           inseparable
           and
           indispensable
           Obligation
           and
           Duty
           annexed
           to
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           :
           So
           that
           there
           is
           not
           in
           the
           least
           degree
           any
           Pretence
           for
           Antinomian
           Libertinism
           .
           
             For
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             that
             bringeth
             Salvation
             ,
          
           
           
             hath
             appeared
             to
             all
             Men
             ;
             teaching
             us
             ,
             that
             denying
             Vngodliness
             and
             Worldly
             Lusts
             ,
             we
             should
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             ,
             and
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             World
             :
          
           Because
           Faith
           unites
           us
           to
           the
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           works
           in
           us
           by
           Love
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Operation
           or
           Activity
           of
           Life
           ,
           in
           the
           
           fulfilling
           of
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           There
           is
           also
           another
           Method
           of
           the
           Depths
           of
           Satan
           to
           cloud
           the
           Glory
           of
           God's
           free
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           compleat
           Merit
           of
           Christ's
           Satisfaction
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           shake
           the
           Confidence
           of
           a
           Sinner's
           Hope
           to
           obtain
           Remission
           and
           Acceptance
           ,
           by
           suborning
           the
           Act
           of
           Faith
           to
           share
           in
           the
           Merits
           of
           Christ
           .
           Now
           how
           weak
           and
           unreasonable
           this
           Supposition
           is
           ,
           will
           appear
           by
           the
           Consideration
           of
           parallel
           Cases
           of
           Civil
           and
           Natural
           Instances
           in
           Judicature
           :
           Tho
           the
           guilty
           Person
           cannot
           have
           Benefit
           unless
           he
           plead
           the
           Royal
           Pardon
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           no
           Virtue
           in
           the
           Plea
           and
           humble
           Claim
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           the
           extensive
           Validity
           of
           the
           Pardon
           .
           Likewise
           in
           desperate
           Sickness
           ,
           or
           deadly
           Wound
           ,
           the
           healing
           Virtue
           is
           not
           in
           the
           meer
           Application
           ,
           or
           receiving
           the
           Sovereign
           Balm
           ,
           or
           Elixir
           ;
           not
           withstanding
           the
           Patient
           cannot
           be
           
           healed
           without
           the
           Reception
           or
           Application
           of
           the
           Remedy
           .
        
         
           Thus
           it
           is
           with
           a
           Sinner
           before
           the
           Divine
           Tribunal
           :
           Faith
           believes
           the
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           of
           the
           Promise
           ,
           and
           embraces
           and
           relies
           upon
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           upon
           the
           Redemption
           purchased
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           for
           compleat
           Salvation
           from
           the
           Condemnation
           and
           Corruption
           of
           sinful
           Death
           ,
           for
           Reconciliation
           and
           Acceptance
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           Participation
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           which
           is
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           to
           be
           communicated
           to
           all
           those
           who
           by
           Faith
           receive
           Christ
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           an
           Union
           of
           Life
           with
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           in
           the
           Body
           the
           Artery
           and
           Nerve
           is
           the
           Ligament
           ,
           the
           Vessel
           and
           Conveyance
           for
           vital
           Union
           and
           Motion
           unto
           all
           the
           Members
           by
           the
           Blood
           and
           Animal
           Spirits
           :
           So
           Faith
           to
           the
           Soul
           is
           a
           Means
           of
           vital
           Union
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Application
           and
           Merits
           of
           Christ
           .
           All
           
           which
           is
           effected
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           without
           which
           we
           are
           none
           of
           Christ's
           ,
           
           and
           Faith
           it self
           is
           dead
           .
        
         
           The
           Look
           of
           one
           stung
           ,
           with
           the
           deadly
           fiery
           Serpent
           ,
           to
           the
           Brazen
           Serpent
           ,
           had
           no
           share
           in
           the
           healing
           Virtue
           of
           that
           Divine
           Ordinance
           ;
           yet
           without
           looking
           up
           to
           the
           Brazen
           Serpent
           the
           Person
           stung
           could
           receive
           no
           Benefit
           but
           must
           die
           .
           So
           Faith
           hath
           no
           justifying
           Virtue
           inherent
           in
           it self
           :
           For
           what
           may
           prevail
           to
           justify
           ,
           must
           make
           the
           Conscience
           perfect
           .
           Consequently
           the
           Efficient
           of
           Perfection
           must
           of
           it self
           be
           perfect
           ;
           but
           Faith
           cannot
           be
           such
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           not
           of
           our selves
           ,
           
           it
           is
           the
           Gift
           of
           God.
           Now
           whatsoever
           is
           received
           ,
           is
           received
           according
           to
           the
           Measure
           and
           Capacity
           of
           the
           Recipient
           ,
           which
           〈…〉
           and
           frail
           〈…〉
           it
           cannot
           be
           〈…〉
           the
           Law
           was
           weak
           and
           〈…〉
           through
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           so
           even
           the
           Gift
           of
           
           Faith
           is
           not
           able
           through
           the
           remainder
           of
           Corruption
           to
           perform
           any
           perfect
           Work.
           Therefore
           the
           Scripture
           represents
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           the
           most
           tender
           Compassion
           to
           the
           weak
           in
           Faith
           ,
           
           that
           he
           will
           not
           break
           the
           bruised
           Reed
           ,
           nor
           quench
           the
           smoaking
           Flax
           ,
           but
           will
           bring
           forth
           Judgment
           unto
           Victory
           :
           which
           proceeds
           not
           from
           any
           Virtue
           and
           Power
           inherent
           in
           the
           Work
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Righteousness
           and
           Strength
           ,
           
           which
           only
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           by
           (
           perishing
           )
           Sinners
           ,
           who
           sly
           for
           Refuge
           unto
           the
           Hope
           that
           is
           set
           before
           them
           ,
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           Son
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Even
           as
           the
           Man-slayer
           under
           the
           Law
           could
           not
           be
           secure
           from
           the
           Avenger
           of
           Blood
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           found
           out
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Refuge
           ;
           it
           was
           only
           the
           City
           of
           Refuge
           which
           conferr'd
           and
           established
           his
           Preservation
           and
           Safety
           :
           So
           
           the
           Sinner
           cannot
           be
           saved
           from
           Wrath
           to
           come
           ,
           without
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           .
           But
           the
           Propitiation
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Everlasting
           Covenant
           ,
           can
           only
           make
           a
           Sinner
           perfect
           before
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           God's
           infinite
           Justice
           .
           Therefore
           to
           assign
           any
           degree
           of
           Ability
           to
           any
           Act
           of
           Faith
           as
           meritorious
           of
           Justification
           ,
           is
           to
           usurp
           upon
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           incur
           the
           severe
           Animadversion
           of
           the
           Almighty
           .
           
           
             Then
             will
             I
             confess
             unto
             thee
             ,
             that
             thine
             own
             Right-hand
             can
             save
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           The
           everlasting
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           is
           ordered
           in
           all
           things
           and
           sure
           :
           
           For
           
             the
             Foundation
             of
             God
             standeth
             sure
             ,
          
           
           
             having
             this
             Seal
             ,
             The
             Lord
             knoweth
             them
             that
             are
             his
             .
             And
             ,
             let
             every
             one
             that
             nameth
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             depart
             from
             Iniquity
             .
          
           
           
             But
             unto
             the
             wicked
             God
             saith
             ,
             What
             hast
             thou
             to
             do
             to
             declare
             my
             Statutes
             ,
             or
             that
             thou
             shouldst
             take
             my
             Covenant
             into
             thy
             
             Mouth
             ?
          
           These
           Scriptures
           fully
           evidence
           ,
           that
           altho
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Mercy
           to
           Sinners
           is
           established
           only
           in
           the
           free
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           meritorious
           Satisfaction
           and
           Righteousness
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           yet
           there
           remains
           an
           utter
           Incapacity
           in
           any
           Person
           to
           partake
           actually
           of
           the
           Benefit
           thereof
           ,
           
           until
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           (
           without
           which
           not
           any
           can
           be
           Christ's
           )
           he
           be
           born
           again
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           new
           Creature
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           State
           of
           every
           Man
           since
           the
           Fall
           is
           a
           Complication
           of
           Misery
           under
           Condemuation
           ,
           Dementation
           ,
           and
           mortal
           Corruption
           .
           Accordingly
           the
           necessary
           Remedies
           are
           distinct
           ;
           Justification
           to
           take
           away
           Condemnation
           ,
           and
           Sanctification
           to
           free
           from
           Corruption
           by
           a
           new
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ;
           by
           a
           renewed
           Faculty
           of
           Life
           acted
           by
           a
           new
           Rule
           ,
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           written
           in
           the
           Heart
           ,
           directed
           to
           ,
           and
           aiming
           at
           
           a
           new
           End
           and
           Mark
           ,
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Prize
           of
           our
           high
           Calling
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           our
           Eternal
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Accordingly
           the
           Tenour
           of
           the
           New
           Covenant
           is
           both
           promised
           and
           expressed
           in
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           :
           
           
             Then
             will
             I
             sprinkle
             clean
             Water
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             clean
             .
          
           This
           imports
           that
           washing
           throughly
           ,
           and
           cleansing
           from
           Iniquity
           and
           Sin
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           whiter
           than
           Snow
           ;
           
           which
           is
           supplicated
           by
           David
           ,
           and
           promised
           by
           God
           to
           Sins
           of
           the
           deepest
           Stain
           ,
           
           being
           effected
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           Sprinkling
           ,
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Everlasting
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           makes
           us
           perfect
           to
           do
           his
           Will.
           
           For
           the
           End
           why
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Eternal
           Spirit
           offered
           himself
           without
           Spot
           to
           God
           ,
           purges
           the
           Conscience
           from
           dead
           Works
           ,
           is
           to
           serve
           the
           Living
           God
           :
           But
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           the
           Living
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Dead
           .
           Therefore
           as
           the
           
           Condemnation
           of
           Death
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           
           so
           the
           Corruption
           of
           Death
           is
           to
           be
           abolished
           ,
           
           which
           cannot
           be
           without
           a
           new
           Principle
           and
           Faculties
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           being
           made
           a
           new
           Creature
           .
           Accordingly
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           proceeds
           to
           promise
           ,
           
           
             A
             new
             Heart
             also
             will
             I
             give
             you
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             Spirit
             will
             I
             put
             within
             you
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           renewing
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           vouchsased
           unto
           the
           foolish
           and
           disobedient
           ,
           
           who
           are
           unperswadable
           by
           any
           Moral
           Argumentation
           ,
           being
           deceived
           ,
           serving
           divers
           Lusts
           and
           Pleasures
           ;
           because
           the
           Heart
           of
           Man
           is
           full
           of
           Evil
           ,
           
           and
           Madness
           is
           in
           his
           Heart
           while
           he
           lives
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           he
           goes
           to
           the
           Dead
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           native
           Misery
           of
           every
           one
           ;
           and
           the
           Recovery
           is
           as
           wonderful
           as
           to
           restore
           the
           Habit
           and
           Exercise
           of
           Reason
           into
           a
           Person
           depraved
           with
           Idiotism
           ,
           or
           Madness
           .
           Now
           as
           they
           who
           
           are
           such
           ,
           tho
           they
           are
           sometimes
           capable
           of
           uttering
           some
           words
           sensible
           and
           rational
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           utterly
           unable
           to
           perform
           or
           maintain
           the
           Tenour
           of
           reasonable
           Discourse
           or
           Conversation
           :
           So
           neither
           can
           any
           meer
           animal
           Man
           dead
           in
           Sins
           and
           Trespasses
           ,
           
           before
           he
           be
           made
           a
           new
           Creature
           by
           being
           born
           again
           ,
           
           live
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           End
           of
           Being
           ,
           or
           in
           Communion
           with
           God
           ,
           the
           highest
           Felicity
           of
           every
           Intelligent
           Being
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Gift
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           our
           Lord
           saith
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
           
             No
             Man
             can
             come
             to
             me
             ,
             except
             it
             were
             given
             him
             of
             my
             Father
             .
             Judas
          
           indeed
           came
           to
           our
           Lord
           ,
           as
           many
           do
           ,
           in
           Profession
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           Heart
           :
           He
           did
           believe
           with
           a
           Faith
           of
           general
           Assent
           ,
           and
           of
           particular
           Fiducial
           Assiance
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           Christ
           for
           miraculous
           Operation
           ,
           but
           not
           with
           a
           Faith
           of
           vital
           Union
           with
           Christ
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           dwell
           in
           Christ
           and
           Christ
           in
           them
           ,
           so
           
           as
           to
           live
           by
           Christ
           which
           cannot
           be
           without
           having
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           .
           
           Also
           our
           Lord
           saith
           ,
           
           I
           have
           chosen
           you
           ,
           and
           ordained
           you
           to
           bring
           forth
           Fruit
           that
           should
           remain
           and
           persevere
           ,
           even
           much
           Fruit
           ,
           
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God.
           Election
           ,
           Vocation
           ,
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           ,
           are
           inseparable
           .
           Eternal
           Election
           is
           unto
           Holiness
           ,
           
           and
           Justification
           of
           Life
           is
           universally
           and
           necessarily
           conjoin'd
           with
           Renovation
           of
           Life
           :
           The
           End
           of
           which
           is
           Activity
           ,
           
           Operation
           ,
           Fruitfulness
           ,
           without
           which
           there
           is
           Death
           ,
           Burning
           ,
           
           Destruction
           ;
           for
           good
           Works
           are
           ordained
           by
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Walk
           and
           Conversation
           of
           every
           Child
           of
           God
           :
           
           For
           this
           is
           the
           Covenant
           God
           makes
           with
           every
           Israelite
           ,
           to
           put
           his
           Laws
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           write
           them
           in
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           as
           both
           the
           Rule
           and
           Inclination
           of
           Life
           ,
           which
           is
           indeed
           to
           be
           taught
           of
           God
           to
           know
           God
           ,
           
           without
           which
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           that
           God
           
           
           
           
           
           shall
           be
           to
           any
           a
           God
           Covenant-Relation
           ,
           or
           that
           any
           can
           be
           a
           People
           to
           God.
           Now
           as
           the
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Operation
           of
           Life
           ,
           so
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           are
           not
           confoundable
           ,
           yet
           always
           inseparable
           .
           For
           of
           God
           are
           we
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           who
           of
           God
           is
           made
           unto
           us
           Wisdom
           ,
           Righteousness
           ,
           Sanctification
           and
           Redemption
           :
           That
           no
           Flesh
           should
           glory
           in
           his
           sight
           ;
           but
           according
           as
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           
           
             Let
             him
             that
             glorieth
             glory
             in
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           From
           the
           beginning
           of
           Apostacy
           the
           Devil
           was
           a
           Murderer
           and
           a
           Liar
           .
           When
           he
           speaketh
           a
           Lie
           ,
           he
           speaketh
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           a
           Liar
           ,
           and
           the
           Father
           of
           it
           .
           He
           envenomed
           the
           old
           World
           with
           the
           evil
           Imaginations
           of
           continual
           Contempt
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           profane
           Irreligion
           ,
           which
           broke
           out
           in
           all
           the
           Acts
           of
           Wickedness
           and
           Violence
           ,
           justly
           provoking
           the
           Vengeance
           of
           God
           to
           destroy
           that
           World
           of
           Atheistical
           Rebels
           .
        
         
         
           When
           through
           infinite
           Mercy
           a
           small
           Remnant
           of
           eight
           Persons
           were
           not
           only
           spared
           to
           survive
           the
           Deluge
           ,
           that
           had
           swept
           away
           the
           World
           of
           the
           Ungodly
           ;
           but
           much
           more
           ,
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           and
           the
           Blessing
           thereof
           was
           renewed
           to
           them
           and
           to
           their
           Seed
           ,
           confirmed
           unto
           Noah
           ,
           
           by
           the
           Acceptance
           of
           instituted
           Sacrifice
           ;
           Then
           again
           ,
           the
           great
           Adversary
           and
           Deceiver
           of
           Mankind
           tempted
           the
           new
           World
           to
           distrust
           Safety
           in
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           living
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           attempt
           Self
           preservation
           in
           a
           Structure
           of
           Babel
           ,
           or
           Confusion
           ,
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Shinar
           ,
           the
           proper
           Base
           upon
           which
           was
           to
           be
           built
           and
           established
           the
           House
           of
           Wickedness
           ;
           
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Devils
           ,
           to
           suborn
           the
           Worship
           of
           Baalim
           ,
           of
           many
           Lords
           ,
           or
           middle
           Gods
           ,
           Mediators
           between
           God
           and
           Man.
           
           
             Now
             the
             Spirit
             speaketh
             expresly
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             latter
             Times
             
             some
             shall
             depart
             from
             the
             Faith
             ,
             giving
             heed
             to
             seducing
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             Doctrines
             of
             Devils
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           notorious
           Apostacy
           from
           the
           absolute
           Simplicity
           and
           Purity
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           
           unto
           the
           fabulous
           Superstition
           and
           Will-worship
           ,
           which
           gangren'd
           both
           Eastern
           and
           Western
           Churches
           .
        
         
           The
           Mediation
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           being
           introduced
           as
           succedaneous
           to
           the
           Heathen
           Adoration
           of
           Baalim
           ,
           Heroes
           and
           middle
           Deities
           ,
           called
           
             Dii
             Medioximi
          
           .
        
         
           Those
           Pagan
           Idols
           ,
           
           having
           been
           cast
           to
           the
           Moles
           and
           Bats
           by
           the
           Divine
           Influence
           of
           Gospel
           Light
           ,
           in
           the
           Manifestation
           of
           Truth
           ,
           even
           this
           faithful
           Saying
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           all
           Acceptation
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           came
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           only
           Mediator
           between
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           to
           save
           Sinners
           .
        
         
           Now
           also
           for
           these
           last
           ,
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Years
           ,
           the
           Gospel-Reformation
           
           (
           miraculously
           both
           begun
           and
           preserved
           )
           hath
           again
           as
           it
           were
           brought
           Life
           and
           Immortality
           to
           light
           ,
           exploded
           the
           fabulous
           Legends
           of
           Popery
           ,
           evidenced
           the
           pretence
           of
           Antiquity
           to
           be
           no
           other
           than
           as
           Defection
           from
           Primary
           Institution
           precedes
           Restitution
           and
           Reformation
           ,
           convinced
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           Mass
           ,
           and
           the
           Superstition
           of
           their
           Will-worship
           ,
           and
           Adoration
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ;
           all
           cherished
           by
           an
           imposed
           Ignorance
           ,
           
           the
           Parent
           not
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           but
           of
           crual
           Persecution
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           in
           the
           first
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           everlasting
           Gospel
           unto
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           lay
           in
           Darkness
           and
           the
           Shadow
           of
           Death
           ,
           the
           Serpent
           cast
           out
           of
           his
           Mouth
           a
           Flood
           of
           deceitful
           Errors
           ,
           
           of
           desperate
           Wickedness
           ,
           to
           carry
           away
           ,
           with
           that
           Flood
           the
           Church
           from
           the
           Rock
           of
           Truth
           :
           So
           now
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           have
           been
           and
           are
           infested
           not
           only
           
           with
           the
           Dragon
           's
           great
           persecuting
           Wrath
           ,
           but
           no
           less
           dangerously
           with
           the
           Serp●●i●●●●
           Suggestions
           of
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           
           ●●vily
           introducing
           damnable
           Heresies
           ,
           even
           denying
           the
           Lord
           that
           bought
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           Master-stroke
           of
           Satan
           ,
           by
           verisimilar
           Errors
           to
           suppress
           the
           Fundamental
           Truth
           of
           Salvation
           for
           Sinners
           ,
           by
           the
           Expiatory
           Propitiation
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           in
           Satisfaction
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           
           according
           to
           his
           good
           Pleasure
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           purposed
           in
           himself
           before
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           That
           this
           Truth
           may
           appear
           in
           a
           right
           Light
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Divine
           Attributes
           are
           equally
           of
           infinite
           Perfection
           :
           Consequently
           to
           detract
           from
           ,
           or
           limit
           any
           ,
           is
           to
           evacuate
           and
           effectually
           to
           deny
           the
           Essential
           All-sufficiency
           of
           God.
           Therefore
           to
           retrench
           the
           particular
           
           and
           universal
           efficacious
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           impeach
           the
           supreme
           absolute
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           ,
           under
           the
           Prosession
           of
           owning
           God
           ,
           
           not
           to
           glorify
           him
           as
           God
           ,
           but
           to
           change
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           incorruptible
           God
           ,
           into
           an
           Image
           made
           like
           to
           corruptible
           Man
           ,
           a
           meer
           Idol
           ,
           which
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           
           and
           as
           the
           Prophet
           expresses
           ,
           
           neither
           able
           to
           do
           Good
           or
           Evil.
           
        
         
           But
           from
           everlasting
           to
           everlasting
           the
           Lord
           is
           God
           :
           
           Who
           knoweth
           the
           Power
           of
           his
           Anger
           ?
           According
           to
           his
           Fear
           ,
           so
           is
           his
           Wrath
           :
           according
           to
           the
           infinite
           Perfections
           ,
           for
           which
           God
           is
           indispensably
           to
           be
           feared
           ;
           so
           is
           his
           Wrath
           in
           the
           Vindictive
           Execution
           of
           his
           Justice
           upon
           every
           Violation
           of
           his
           holy
           ,
           just
           and
           good
           Laws
           ,
           the
           natural
           Rules
           of
           perpetual
           Righteousness
           ,
           to
           direct
           and
           judg
           all
           the
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           of
           all
           Mankind
           .
           Herein
           therefore
           the
           manifold
           Wisdom
           
           of
           God
           is
           glorified
           in
           the
           Establishment
           of
           the
           infinite
           Perfections
           of
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           in
           the
           Redemption
           and
           Salvation
           of
           Sinners
           .
        
         
           It
           being
           impossible
           to
           make
           way
           for
           immense
           Mercy
           to
           be
           manifested
           without
           Satisfaction
           to
           infinite
           Justice
           which
           otherwise
           must
           be
           exposed
           to
           blasphemous
           Contempt
           ,
           and
           Annihilation
           :
           Accordingly
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           expresses
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           justified
           freely
           by
           his
           Grace
           through
           the
           Redemption
           that
           is
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
           whom
           God
           hath
           set
           forth
           for
           a
           Propiriation
           ,
           through
           Faith
           in
           his
           Blood
           ,
           to
           declare
           his
           Righteousness
           for
           the
           Remission
           of
           Sins
           ;
           that
           he
           might
           be
           just
           ,
           and
           the
           Justifier
           of
           him
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           ungodly
           ,
           which
           believeth
           in
           Jesus
           .
           So
           that
           Faith
           cannot
           fly
           for
           Refuge
           unto
           Mercy
           ,
           until
           plenary
           Satisfaction
           be
           made
           unto
           Justice
           ;
           
           thereby
           to
           obtain
           the
           Answer
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           
           towards
           God
           ,
           through
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           The
           Scripture
           fully
           and
           always
           testifies
           ,
           that
           Remission
           of
           Sins
           is
           an
           Act
           of
           absolute
           Sovereign
           Justice
           ,
           vouchsafed
           upon
           plenary
           Satisfaction
           ,
           represented
           under
           the
           Notion
           and
           Terms
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           
           Propitiation
           ,
           Ransom
           ;
           which
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           used
           by
           the
           Septuagint
           ,
           Numb
           .
           35.31
           ,
           32.
           is
           duly
           translated
           Satisfaction
           .
           
           And
           the
           learned
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           observe
           ,
           
           that
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Original
           imports
           sufficient
           Preservation
           ,
           which
           a
           Sinner
           can
           only
           find
           in
           the
           compleat
           Merits
           of
           the
           Death
           ,
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           Righteousness
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           applied
           ,
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           imputed
           by
           Grace
           .
           Accordingly
           the
           Scripture
           stiles
           the
           Act
           of
           Divine
           Pardon
           to
           be
           Justification
           ,
           
           Reconciliation
           ,
           Atonement
           ,
           Righteousness
           ;
           all
           which
           words
           are
           juridical
           Phrases
           ,
           evidencing
           such
           a
           Person
           to
           be
           
             Rectus
             in
             Curia
          
           ,
           right
           in
           Court
           ,
           
           according
           to
           the
           judicial
           Authoritative
           Sentence
           of
           Law.
           This
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           obtained
           ,
           or
           performed
           ,
           unless
           due
           Satisfaction
           were
           made
           to
           the
           infinite
           Justice
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           For
           Pardon
           upon
           any
           other
           less
           or
           diluted
           account
           must
           leave
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           violated
           and
           void
           of
           Satisfaction
           :
           Also
           the
           Sinner
           must
           be
           without
           possbility
           of
           a
           Conscience
           free
           from
           Guilt
           ;
           consequently
           never
           able
           to
           arrive
           at
           Peace
           ,
           
           which
           flows
           from
           being
           justified
           by
           Faith
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
           who
           is
           our
           Peace
           with
           God.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           absurd
           Contradiction
           to
           imagine
           any
           Benefit
           can
           possibly
           be
           obtained
           by
           the
           atoning
           Virtue
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           without
           the
           quickning
           ,
           regenerating
           Power
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           make
           the
           Sinner
           a
           new
           Creature
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           the
           manifold
           multifarious
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           magnisied
           
           to
           a
           Sinner
           ,
           that
           the
           Work
           of
           Grace
           may
           be
           compleatly
           perfect
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           damning
           Guilt
           and
           deadly
           Corruption
           inherent
           in
           the
           desperate
           Wickedness
           of
           every
           Sin.
           
        
         
           Yet
           the
           manifold
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           decreeing
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           effecting
           in
           the
           fulness
           of
           Time
           ,
           the
           Redemption
           of
           Sinners
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           everlasting
           Covenant
           ,
           could
           not
           possibly
           have
           any
           Cause
           or
           Motive
           antecedent
           to
           the
           Eternal
           Purpose
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           purposed
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           out
           Lord
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           was
           hid
           in
           God.
           
        
         
           For
           it
           was
           both
           impossible
           for
           a
           sinite
           narrow
           Intelligence
           ,
           to
           conceive
           how
           God
           should
           be
           manifest
           in
           the
           Flesh
           :
           And
           it
           would
           have
           been
           impious
           ,
           blasphemous
           Presumption
           ,
           to
           imagine
           that
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           knew
           no
           Sin
           ,
           should
           be
           made
           a
           Propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           for
           Sin
           ,
           unless
           the
           Will
           
           of
           God
           had
           so
           promised
           and
           declared
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           the
           immense
           Goodness
           of
           God
           made
           this
           known
           immediately
           after
           Man's
           Apoltacy
           ,
           by
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           to
           break
           the
           Serpent's
           Head
           ;
           
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           destroy
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           more
           evidently
           by
           the
           Institution
           of
           Sacrifices
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           most
           absurd
           Derogation
           from
           the
           Soveraignty
           of
           a
           Creator
           ,
           and
           Contradiction
           to
           the
           Duty
           of
           a
           Creature
           ,
           to
           impose
           upon
           God
           the
           necessity
           of
           accepting
           the
           groundless
           Fancy
           of
           a
           guilty
           Malefactor
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           desperate
           Wickedness
           ,
           
           to
           be
           a
           Price
           of
           Redemption
           from
           everlasting
           Wrath
           :
           Considering
           also
           that
           Man
           had
           no
           Title
           of
           Interest
           or
           rightful
           Power
           over
           any
           of
           his
           Follow-Creatures
           ,
           
           to
           substitute
           any
           of
           them
           a
           Sacrifice
           for
           his
           Sin.
           
        
         
           Indeed
           It
           was
           an
           early
           and
           due
           Apprehension
           that
           every
           Sin
           was
           
           of
           capital
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           Forfeiture
           of
           Life
           :
           But
           it
           could
           never
           have
           entered
           into
           the
           Heart
           of
           Man
           ,
           to
           conceive
           how
           God
           could
           be
           just
           ,
           and
           the
           Justifier
           of
           Sinners
           ,
           
           until
           God
           had
           revealed
           it
           by
           his
           Spirit
           and
           the
           Word
           of
           his
           Grace
           .
           The
           Apprehension
           of
           Propitiation
           attainable
           by
           Sanguinary
           Sacrifices
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           a
           Primary
           Notion
           in
           any
           Human
           Mind
           ,
           but
           consequent
           and
           derivative
           from
           the
           Institution
           of
           Sacrifices
           by
           the
           express
           Command
           and
           Appointment
           of
           God
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           please
           God.
           
        
         
           For
           Faith
           cannot
           be
           or
           subsist
           without
           a
           word
           of
           Command
           and
           Promise
           :
           But
           to
           fancy
           a
           Religious
           Worship
           to
           appease
           the
           just
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           to
           conciliate
           the
           Favour
           of
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Great
           and
           Terrible
           God
           ,
           the
           Creator
           of
           all
           Beings
           ,
           by
           any
           performance
           of
           Offering
           not
           instituted
           expresly
           by
           God
           ,
           is
           a
           presumption
           becoming
           a
           dumb
           Idol
           ,
           
           or
           some
           precarious
           Superstition
           ;
           and
           is
           an
           effectual
           practical
           Denial
           of
           the
           insinite
           Perfections
           of
           God
           ,
           obtruding
           and
           imposing
           the
           Blood
           and
           Carcass
           of
           a
           wretched
           Calf
           or
           Sheep
           ,
           to
           expiate
           the
           Guilt
           of
           most
           nefandous
           Crimes
           ,
           and
           satisfy
           infinite
           Justce
           .
           Neither
           can
           there
           be
           any
           possible
           ground
           of
           Reason
           to
           imagine
           that
           the
           Ceremonial
           Ordinances
           of
           Sacrifices
           ,
           
           and
           other
           Rites
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           and
           Service
           ,
           were
           instituted
           by
           God
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           ,
           or
           Motive
           from
           the
           superstitious
           Practice
           or
           Expectation
           of
           profane
           Sinners
           ,
           who
           offered
           their
           Devotion
           to
           Devils
           ,
           as
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           expresly
           testifies
           ,
           
           That
           
             the
             things
             which
             the
             Gentiles
             sacrifice
             ,
             they
             sacrifice
             to
             Devils
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           But
           Sacrifices
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Typical
           Services
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           were
           by
           God
           appointed
           ,
           until
           the
           time
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           when
           Christ
           came
           an
           High
           Priest
           of
           
           good
           things
           to
           come
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           everlasting
           )
           who
           by
           the
           eternal
           Spirit
           offer'd
           himself
           without
           Spot
           to
           God
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           Blood
           to
           purge
           our
           Consciences
           from
           dead
           Works
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           
           from
           Sins
           deserving
           Death
           )
           to
           serve
           the
           living
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           Ceremonial
           Law
           had
           a
           Shadow
           of
           good
           things
           to
           come
           ,
           
           but
           not
           Virtue
           to
           make
           the
           Comers
           thereunto
           perfect
           ;
           
             For
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             that
             the
             Blood
             of
             Bulls
             and
             of
             Goats
             should
             take
             away
             Sin.
             
          
        
         
           Therefore
           because
           in
           Sacrifices
           and
           Offerings
           for
           Sin
           God
           could
           not
           take
           Pleasure
           ,
           as
           therein
           receiving
           any
           Satisfaction
           to
           Justice
           :
           When
           Jesus
           Christ
           came
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           he
           faith
           ,
           
           
             A
             Body
             hast
             thou
             prepared
             me
             ;
             Lo
             I
             come
             to
             do
             thy
             Will
             ,
             O
             God
          
           ;
           by
           the
           which
           Will
           we
           are
           sanctisied
           through
           the
           offering
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           once
           :
           But
           this
           Will
           of
           God
           was
           not
           induced
           by
           any
           
           Temporary
           Consideration
           ,
           it
           was
           from
           everlasting
           ,
           
           
             God
             hath
             chosen
             us
             in
             Christ
             before
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World.
          
           
           
             God
             hath
             saved
             us
             ,
             and
             called
             us
             with
             an
             holy
             Calling
             ,
             not
             according
             to
             our
             Works
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             his
             own
             Purpose
             and
             Grace
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             us
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             before
             the
             World
             began
             .
          
           
           
             In
             hope
             of
             Eternal
             Life
             ,
             which
             God
             that
             cannot
             lie
             ,
             promised
             before
             the
             World
             began
             ,
             Who
             verily
             was
             fore-ordained
             before
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             was
             manifested
             in
             these
             last
             Times
             .
          
        
         
           It
           could
           not
           then
           be
           in
           Compliance
           with
           any
           Human
           Apprehension
           of
           Expiation
           of
           Sin
           by
           any
           Sacrifice
           of
           any
           Creature
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           constitued
           and
           given
           by
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Propitiation
           and
           Redemption
           for
           Sinners
           .
           
           But
           contrariwise
           ,
           God
           having
           according
           to
           the
           Counsel
           of
           his
           own
           free
           Will
           made
           known
           to
           our
           first
           Parents
           in
           their
           dismal
           Fall
           the
           Mystery
           of
           his
           Will
           in
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           
           Woman
           to
           break
           the
           Serpent's
           Head
           ;
           And
           then
           for
           the
           Confirmation
           of
           that
           Promise
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           support
           of
           Faith
           ,
           instituted
           Sacrifices
           ,
           revealed
           first
           to
           Adam
           ,
           then
           to
           Noah
           ,
           and
           consequently
           in
           them
           to
           the
           whole
           World
           of
           Mankind
           :
        
         
           Noah
           
             builded
             an
             Altar
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
             and
             took
             of
             every
             clean
             Beast
             ,
             and
             of
             every
             clean
             Fowl
             ,
             and
             offered
             Burnt-offerings
             upon
             the
             Altar
             .
             And
             the
             Lord
             smelled
             a
             sweet
             Savour
          
           ;
           or
           a
           Savour
           of
           Rest
           and
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           could
           not
           he
           affirmed
           or
           believed
           ,
           unless
           such
           Sacrifices
           had
           been
           according
           to
           the
           express
           Institution
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           was
           before
           observed
           )
           only
           could
           appoint
           the
           Discrimination
           of
           Beasts
           clean
           and
           unclean
           :
           All
           which
           also
           was
           performed
           and
           accepted
           with
           respect
           to
           ,
           
           and
           in
           virtue
           of
           the
           Offering
           and
           Sacrifice
           of
           Christ
           himself
           to
           God
           for
           a
           sweet
           smelling
           Savour
           .
        
         
         
           Immediately
           upon
           Noah's
           Sacrifice
           ,
           
           God
           established
           his
           Covenant
           with
           Noah
           ,
           and
           his
           Seed
           after
           him
           .
        
         
           Thus
           all
           Mankind
           was
           by
           Divine
           Institution
           initiated
           in
           the
           Religion
           of
           Propitiatory
           .
           Sacrifices
           ,
           all
           in
           reference
           to
           ,
           and
           deriving
           Virtue
           and
           Acceptance
           from
           the
           Merits
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
           
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             taketh
             away
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           But
           as
           it
           is
           charged
           upon
           Israel
           ,
           both
           by
           David
           and
           Moses
           ,
           
           so
           all
           Nations
           soon
           forgot
           God's
           Works
           ,
           they
           forgot
           God
           their
           Saviour
           ,
           which
           had
           done
           great
           things
           for
           ,
           their
           Preservation
           ;
           they
           corrupted
           themselves
           ;
           
           their
           Spot
           was
           not
           the
           Spot
           of
           his
           People
           ;
           they
           for
           sook
           God
           which
           made
           them
           ,
           and
           lightly
           esteemed
           the
           Rock
           of
           their
           Salvation
           ;
           they
           provoked
           him
           to
           Jealousy
           with
           strange
           Gods
           ;
           they
           sacrificed
           to
           Devils
           ,
           not
           to
           God
           :
           So
           that
           the
           offering
           of
           Propitiatory
           Sacrifices
           by
           the
           
           Universality
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           was
           not
           a
           Human
           Invention
           ,
           but
           ,
           a
           Derivation
           from
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           tho
           wretchedly
           corrupted
           by
           Satanical
           Suggestion
           .
           Neither
           was
           there
           any
           Rite
           of
           Religious
           Worship
           among
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           pretended
           to
           be
           a
           Direction
           and
           Command
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           so
           deeply
           engraven
           was
           the
           Impression
           in
           every
           Rational
           Mind
           ,
           that
           Divine
           Worship
           could
           not
           be
           acceptable
           unto
           God
           ,
           unless
           commanded
           by
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           whole
           Work
           of
           Redemption
           and
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           was
           in
           every
           part
           and
           respect
           proceeding
           originally
           from
           ,
           and
           effectually
           to
           fulfil
           the
           Will
           of
           God.
           Salvation
           by
           Christ
           was
           promised
           before
           the
           World
           began
           :
           
           In
           the
           fulness
           of
           Time
           he
           was
           made
           of
           a
           Woman
           ;
           his
           Sufferings
           in
           every
           particular
           Circumstance
           was
           to
           fulfil
           the
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
         
           Our
           Lord
           died
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           
           and
           rose
           again
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           the
           End
           appointed
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           make
           full
           Satisfaction
           to
           the
           infinite
           Justice
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           as
           to
           make
           perfect
           the
           Comers
           unto
           God
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           by
           Faith
           ,
           
           in
           whom
           the
           Heart
           is
           sprinkled
           from
           an
           evil
           Conscience
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           Conscience
           of
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Evil
           :
           
           To
           obtain
           the
           Answer
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           towards
           God
           ,
           
           by
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           without
           which
           cur
           Faith
           is
           vain
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           yet
           in
           our
           Sins
           ;
           void
           of
           any
           sufficient
           Plea
           to
           answer
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Righteousness
           at
           the
           dreadful
           Tribunal
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           manifold
           unfearehable
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Riches
           of
           insinite
           Grace
           ,
           exceeds
           what
           Creatures
           can
           ask
           or
           think
           .
           The
           most
           large
           and
           advantagious
           Pardon
           
           from
           an
           Earthly
           Soveraign
           to
           a
           Rebel
           ,
           cannot
           reclaim
           a
           Felon's
           Mind
           ,
           or
           alter
           a
           Traitor's
           Heart
           .
           But
           they
           who
           are
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           Condemnation
           ,
           they
           have
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           are
           made
           new
           Creatures
           ,
           
           and
           enabled
           to
           walk
           nor
           after
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           but
           after
           the
           Sprit
           .
           
           This
           is
           the
           Comprehension
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           extended
           to
           all
           Saints
           .
           Yet
           the
           primary
           Reason
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           Satisfaction
           to
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           holy
           Creator
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           Rebel
           ,
           Apostate
           Creatures
           .
           It
           then
           became
           a
           consequent
           Corollary
           of
           our
           Lord's
           Death
           ,
           to
           awe
           from
           Sin
           ,
           and
           represent
           the
           abominable
           Sinfulness
           of
           Sin.
           In
           all
           the
           righteous
           Administration
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ,
           supreme
           Justice
           obtains
           the
           first
           and
           necessary
           Consideration
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           there
           were
           no
           Persons
           to
           be
           deterred
           from
           future
           Crimes
           ,
           
           yet
           Justice
           requires
           severe
           Animadversion
           upon
           the
           present
           Malefactor
           ;
           otherwise
           ,
           How
           shall
           God
           judg
           the
           World
           ?
           
           God
           cannot
           be
           unrighteous
           in
           taking
           Vengeance
           upon
           the
           Damned
           in
           everlasting
           Torments
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           place
           for
           Repentance
           ,
           nor
           Capacity
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           a
           deterring
           Example
           .
        
         
           The
           happy
           Sum
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Man's
           eternal
           Redemption
           and
           Salvation
           is
           ,
           That
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           sure
           Mercies
           of
           David
           :
           
           He
           hath
           made
           with
           us
           an
           everlasting
           Covenant
           ,
           
           ordered
           in
           all
           things
           and
           sure
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           all
           our
           Salvation
           :
           where
           no
           proud
           Pharisee
           can
           assume
           or
           impute
           to
           himself
           ,
           nor
           any
           humble
           repenting
           Sinner
           doubt
           or
           despair
           :
           
           Wherein
           God
           willing
           more
           abundantly
           to
           shew
           unto
           the
           Heirs
           of
           Promise
           ,
           the
           Immutability
           of
           his
           Counsel
           ,
           confirmed
           it
           by
           an
           Oath
           ,
           that
           by
           two
           immutable
           things
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           was
           impossible
           for
           
           God
           to
           lie
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           a
           strong
           Consolation
           ,
           who
           have
           fled
           for
           Refuge
           ,
           to
           lay
           hold
           upon
           the
           Hope
           set
           before
           us
           ;
           which
           we
           have
           as
           an
           Anchor
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           sure
           and
           stedfast
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             same
             yesterday
             ,
             to
             day
             ,
             
             and
             ,
             for
             ever
             :
          
           Amen
           .
           Now
           for
           a
           Corollary
           to
           the
           precedent
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           evidenced
           not
           to
           be
           a
           private
           Opinion
           ,
           but
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           here
           are
           subjoined
           the
           Expressions
           of
           the
           Homily
           of
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           only
           by
           Christ
           our
           Saviour
           from
           Sin
           and
           Death
           Everlasting
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Homily
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Because
                     all
                     Men
                     be
                     Sinners
                     and
                     Offenders
                     against
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     Breakers
                     of
                     his
                     Law
                     and
                     Commandments
                     ;
                     therefore
                     can
                     no
                     Man
                     by
                     his
                     own
                     Acts
                     ,
                     Works
                     and
                     Deeds
                     (
                     seem
                     they
                     never
                     so
                     good
                     )
                     be
                     justified
                     and
                     made
                     righteous
                     before
                     God
                     :
                     But
                     every
                     Man
                     of
                     necessity
                     is
                     constrained
                     to
                     
                     seek
                     for
                     another
                     Righteousness
                     or
                     Justification
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     received
                     at
                     God's
                     own
                     Hands
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     to
                     say
                     ,
                     the
                     Forgiveness
                     of
                     his
                     Sins
                     and
                     Trespasses
                     in
                     such
                     things
                     as
                     he
                     hath
                     offended
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     And
                     this
                     Justification
                     or
                     Righteousness
                     which
                     we
                     so
                     receive
                     of
                     God's
                     Mercy
                     ,
                     and
                     Christ's
                     Merits
                     ,
                     embraced
                     by
                     Faith
                     ,
                     is
                     taken
                     ,
                     accepted
                     and
                     allowed
                     of
                     God
                     for
                     our
                     perfect
                     and
                     full
                     Justification
                     .
                     For
                     the
                     more
                     full
                     understanding
                     hereof
                     ,
                     it
                     is
                     our
                     Parts
                     and
                     Duties
                     ever
                     to
                     remember
                     the
                     great
                     Mercy
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     how
                     that
                     (
                     all
                     the
                     World
                     being
                     wrapped
                     in
                     Sin
                     by
                     breaking
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     )
                     God
                     sent
                     his
                     only
                     Son
                     our
                     Saviour
                     Christ
                     into
                     this
                     World
                     ,
                     to
                     fulfil
                     the
                     Law
                     for
                     us
                     ,
                     by
                     shedding
                     of
                     his
                     most
                     precious
                     Blood
                     to
                     make
                     a
                     Sacrifice
                     and
                     Satisfaction
                     ,
                     or
                     (
                     as
                     it
                     may
                     be
                     called
                     )
                     amends
                     to
                     his
                     Father
                     for
                     our
                     Sins
                     ,
                     to
                     asswage
                     his
                     Wrath
                     and
                     Indignation
                     conceived
                     against
                     us
                     for
                     the
                     same
                     .
                     But
                     here
                     may
                     Man's
                     Reason
                     be
                     astonied
                     ,
                     reasoning
                     after
                     
                     this
                     fashion
                     :
                     If
                     a
                     Ransom
                     be
                     paid
                     for
                     our
                     Redemption
                     ,
                     then
                     is
                     it
                     not
                     given
                     us
                     freely
                     .
                     For
                     a
                     Prisoner
                     that
                     paid
                     his
                     Ransom
                     ,
                     is
                     not
                     let
                     go
                     freely
                     ;
                     for
                     if
                     he
                     goes
                     freely
                     ,
                     then
                     he
                     goeth
                     without
                     Ransom
                     .
                     For
                     what
                     is
                     it
                     else
                     to
                     go
                     freely
                     ,
                     than
                     to
                     be
                     set
                     at
                     liberty
                     without
                     paying
                     of
                     Ransom
                     ?
                     This
                     Reason
                     is
                     satisfied
                     by
                     the
                     great
                     Wisdom
                     of
                     God
                     in
                     this
                     Mystery
                     of
                     our
                     Redemption
                     ,
                     who
                     hath
                     so
                     tempered
                     his
                     Justice
                     and
                     Mercy
                     together
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     would
                     neither
                     by
                     his
                     Justice
                     condemn
                     into
                     the
                     everlasting
                     Captivity
                     of
                     the
                     Devil
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Prison
                     of
                     Hell
                     ,
                     remediless
                     for
                     ever
                     without
                     Mercy
                     ,
                     nor
                     by
                     his
                     Mercy
                     deliver
                     us
                     clearly
                     without
                     Justice
                     or
                     Payment
                     of
                     a
                     just
                     Ransom
                     But
                     with
                     his
                     endless
                     Mercy
                     he
                     joined
                     his
                     most
                     upright
                     and
                     equal
                     Justice
                     .
                     His
                     great
                     Mercy
                     he
                     shewed
                     unto
                     us
                     in
                     delivering
                     us
                     from
                     our
                     former
                     Captivity
                     ,
                     without
                     requiring
                     any
                     Ransom
                     to
                     be
                     paid
                     ,
                     or
                     Amends
                     to
                     be
                     made
                     on
                     our
                     parts
                     ;
                     which
                     thing
                     by
                     us
                     had
                     been
                     impossible
                     to
                     be
                     
                     done
                     :
                     And
                     whereas
                     it
                     lay
                     not
                     in
                     us
                     that
                     to
                     do
                     ,
                     he
                     provided
                     a
                     Ransom
                     for
                     us
                     ;
                     that
                     was
                     the
                     most
                     precious
                     Body
                     and
                     Blood
                     of
                     his
                     own
                     most
                     dear
                     and
                     best
                     beloved
                     Son
                     Jesus
                     Christ
                     ,
                     who
                     besides
                     this
                     Ransom
                     ,
                     fulfilled
                     the
                     Law
                     for
                     us
                     perfectly
                     ;
                     and
                     so
                     the
                     Justice
                     of
                     God
                     and
                     his
                     Mercy
                     did
                     embrace
                     together
                     ,
                     and
                     fulfil
                     the
                     Mystery
                     of
                     our
                     Redemption
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     And
                     of
                     this
                     Justice
                     and
                     Mercy
                     of
                     God
                     knit
                     together
                     ,
                     speaketh
                     St.
                  
                   Paul
                   
                     in
                     the
                     third
                     Chapter
                     to
                     the
                  
                   Romans
                   ;
                   
                   
                     All
                     have
                     offended
                     ,
                     and
                     have
                     need
                     of
                     the
                     Glory
                     of
                     God
                     ;
                     but
                     are
                     justified
                     freely
                     by
                     his
                     Grace
                     ,
                     by
                     Redemption
                     which
                     is
                     in
                     Jesus
                     Christ
                     ,
                     whom
                     God
                     hath
                     sent
                     forth
                     for
                     us
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                     Reconciler
                     and
                     Peace-maker
                     through
                     Faith
                     in
                     his
                     Blood
                     ,
                     to
                     shew
                     his
                     Righteousness
                     .
                     And
                     in
                     the
                  
                   10th
                   
                     Chapter
                     ,
                     Christ
                     is
                     the
                     End
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     unto
                     Righteousness
                     to
                     every
                     Man
                     that
                     believeth
                     .
                     And
                     in
                     the
                  
                   8th
                   
                     Chapter
                     ,
                     That
                     which
                     was
                     impossible
                     by
                     the
                     Law
                     ,
                     in
                     as
                     much
                     as
                     it
                     was
                     weak
                     by
                     the
                     Flesh
                     ,
                     God
                     
                     sending
                     his
                     own
                     Son
                     in
                     the
                     similitude
                     of
                     sinful
                     Flesh
                     ,
                     by
                     Sin
                     damned
                     Sin
                     in
                     the
                     Flesh
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     Righteousness
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     might
                     be
                     fulfilled
                     in
                     us
                     ,
                     which
                     walk
                     not
                     after
                     the
                     Flesh
                     ,
                     but
                     after
                     the
                     Spirit
                     .
                     In
                     these
                     aforesaid
                     places
                     the
                     Apostle
                     toucheth
                     specially
                     three
                     things
                     ,
                     which
                     must
                     go
                     together
                     in
                     our
                     Justification
                     .
                     Upon
                     God's
                     part
                     ,
                     his
                     great
                     Mercy
                     and
                     Grace
                     :
                     Upon
                     Christ's
                     part
                     ,
                     Justice
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Satisfaction
                     of
                     God's
                     Justice
                     ,
                     or
                     the
                     Price
                     of
                     our
                     Redemption
                     by
                     the
                     offering
                     of
                     his
                     Body
                     and
                     shedding
                     of
                     his
                     Blood
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     fulfilling
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     perfectly
                     and
                     throughly
                     :
                     And
                     upon
                     our
                     part
                     true
                     and
                     lively
                     Faith
                     in
                     the
                     Merits
                     of
                     Jesus
                     Christ
                     ,
                     which
                     yet
                     is
                     not
                     ours
                     ,
                     but
                     by
                     God's
                     working
                     in
                     us
                     .
                     So
                     that
                     in
                     our
                     Justification
                     is
                     not
                     only
                     God's
                     Mercy
                     and
                     Grace
                     ,
                     but
                     also
                     his
                     Justice
                     ,
                     which
                     the
                     Apostle
                     calleth
                     the
                     Justice
                     of
                     God
                     ;
                     and
                     it
                     consisteth
                     in
                     paying
                     our
                     Ransom
                     ,
                     and
                     fulfilling
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     :
                     And
                     so
                     the
                     Grace
                     of
                     God
                     doth
                     not
                     shut
                     out
                     
                     the
                     Justice
                     of
                     God
                     in
                     our
                     justification
                     ,
                     but
                     only
                     shutteth
                     out
                     the
                     Justice
                     of
                     Man
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     to
                     say
                     ,
                     the
                     Justice
                     of
                     our
                     Works
                     as
                     to
                     be
                     Merits
                     of
                     deserving
                     our
                     Justification
                     .
                     And
                     therefore
                     St.
                     Paul
                     declareth
                     here
                     nothing
                     upon
                     the
                     behalf
                     of
                     Man
                     concerning
                     his
                     Justification
                     ,
                     but
                     only
                     a
                     true
                     and
                     lively
                     Faith
                     ,
                     which
                     nevertheless
                     is
                     the
                     Gift
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     Man's
                     only
                     Work
                     without
                     God.
                     And
                     yet
                     that
                     Faith
                     does
                     not
                     shut
                     out
                     Repentance
                     ,
                     Hope
                     ,
                     Love
                     ,
                     Dread
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Fear
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     joined
                     with
                     Faith
                     in
                     every
                     Man
                     that
                     is
                     justified
                     ;
                     but
                     it
                     shutteth
                     them
                     out
                     from
                     the
                     Office
                     of
                     justifying
                     .
                     So
                     that
                     altho
                     they
                     be
                     all
                     present
                     together
                     in
                     him
                     that
                     is
                     justified
                     ,
                     yet
                     they
                     justify
                     not
                     altogether
                     .
                     Nor
                     the
                     Faith
                     also
                     doth
                     not
                     shut
                     out
                     the
                     Justice
                     of
                     our
                     good
                     Works
                     ,
                     necessarily
                     to
                     be
                     done
                     afterwards
                     of
                     Duty
                     towards
                     God
                     :
                     (
                     for
                     we
                     are
                     most
                     bounden
                     to
                     serve
                     God
                     in
                     doing
                     good
                     Deeds
                     ,
                     commanded
                     by
                     him
                     in
                     his
                     holy
                     Scripture
                     ,
                     all
                     the
                     days
                     of
                     our
                     
                     Life
                     )
                     but
                     it
                     excludeth
                     them
                     ,
                     so
                     that
                     we
                     may
                     not
                     do
                     them
                     to
                     this
                     intent
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     made
                     good
                     by
                     doing
                     of
                     them
                     .
                     For
                     all
                     the
                     good
                     Works
                     that
                     we
                     can
                     do
                     be
                     unperfect
                     ,
                     and
                     ,
                     therefore
                     not
                     able
                     to
                     deserve
                     for
                     our
                     Justification
                     :
                     But
                     our
                     Justification
                     doth
                     come
                     freely
                     by
                     the
                     meer
                     Mercy
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     so
                     great
                     and
                     free
                     Mercy
                     ,
                     that
                     whereas
                     all
                     the
                     World
                     was
                     not
                     able
                     of
                     themselves
                     to
                     pay
                     any
                     part
                     towards
                     their
                     Ransom
                     ,
                     it
                     pleased
                     our
                     Heavenly
                     Father
                     of
                     his
                     insinite
                     Mercy
                     ,
                     without
                     any
                     our
                     desert
                     or
                     deserving
                     ,
                     to
                     prepare
                     for
                     us
                     the
                     most
                     precious
                     Jewels
                     of
                     Christ's
                     Body
                     and
                     Blood
                     ,
                     whereby
                     our
                     Ransom
                     might
                     be
                     fully
                     paid
                     ,
                     the
                     Law
                     fulfilled
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Justice
                     fully
                     satisfied
                     :
                     So
                     that
                     now
                     Christ
                     is
                     the
                     Righteousness
                     of
                     all
                     them
                     that
                     truly
                     do
                     believe
                     in
                     him
                     .
                     He
                     for
                     them
                     paid
                     their
                     Ransom
                     by
                     his
                     Death
                     ,
                     he
                     for
                     them
                     fulfilled
                     the
                     Law
                     in
                     his
                     Life
                     :
                     So
                     that
                     now
                     in
                     and
                     by
                     him
                     ,
                     every
                     true
                     Christian
                     Man
                     may
                     be
                     called
                     a
                     Fulfiller
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     ;
                     forasmuch
                     
                     as
                     that
                     which
                     their
                     Infirmity
                     lacked
                     ,
                     Christ's
                     Justice
                     hath
                     supplied
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Now
           that
           the
           most
           important
           Truths
           which
           have
           been
           represented
           in
           this
           small
           Treatise
           may
           appear
           in
           right
           Light
           ,
           let
           the
           following
           Propositions
           be
           duly
           considered
           according
           to
           Reason
           ,
           enlightned
           and
           directed
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           God
           having
           given
           to
           Man
           an
           Intellectual
           Faculty
           ,
           to
           judg
           and
           discern
           of
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Use
           and
           Excellency
           of
           Things
           ,
           a
           Conscience
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           things
           morally
           good
           or
           evil
           ;
           and
           the
           certain
           inseparable
           Appendixes
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           are
           imprinted
           upon
           the
           Mind
           ,
           with
           inward
           experimental
           Assurances
           ,
           as
           certain
           as
           that
           we
           know
           that
           we
           are
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           Being
           .
           The
           Demonstrations
           of
           which
           Truths
           are
           clearly
           manifested
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           ,
           
           which
           do
           not
           only
           move
           and
           perswade
           ,
           but
           effectually
           constrain
           and
           inforce
           an
           enlightened
           Soul
           to
           yield
           Obedience
           to
           the
           incomparable
           and
           undeniable
           Divine
           Authority
           thereof
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           saying
           Knowledg
           ,
           and
           the
           Standard
           and
           Rule
           of
           all
           holy
           Practice
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           everlasting
           Blessedness
           ,
           the
           supreme
           End
           and
           Felicity
           of
           Man.
           Now
           as
           Mathematical
           Theorems
           ,
           tho
           equally
           demonstrable
           ,
           yet
           are
           not
           alike
           perceived
           and
           apprehended
           by
           every
           Human
           Mind
           ,
           the
           Faculty
           not
           being
           rightly
           disposed
           to
           the
           Object
           as
           in
           species
           visible
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           sufficient
           that
           the
           Object
           and
           Medium
           be
           duly
           disposed
           ,
           unless
           the
           Organ
           be
           suifficiently
           enabled
           and
           not
           disturbed
           :
           For
           neither
           a
           blind
           Eye
           nor
           a
           Jaundice
           Sight
           can
           judg
           of
           Colours
           .
        
         
           Accordingly
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           lively
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           full
           of
           Lights
           and
           
           Perfections
           ,
           do
           fully
           demonstrate
           the
           great
           Mysteries
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           concerning
           the
           eternal
           invisible
           ,
           yet
           certain
           and
           necessary
           Felicities
           ,
           and
           Duties
           of
           Rational
           Intelligent
           Beings
           ,
           whose
           Immortality
           also
           is
           therein
           undeniably
           proved
           :
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           all
           these
           glorious
           and
           excellent
           Truths
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           are
           not
           received
           by
           Animal
           Minds
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           Foolishness
           ,
           (
           as
           all
           sort
           of
           Wisdom
           is
           to
           Fools
           )
           because
           of
           the
           Blindness
           and
           Ignorance
           of
           the
           Understanding
           ;
           the
           Mind
           it self
           (
           the
           governing
           Power
           in
           Man
           )
           being
           vitiated
           with
           the
           sussusion
           of
           Vanity
           ,
           and
           the
           deceitfulness
           of
           Sin
           ,
           until
           the
           Power
           of
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           come
           into
           the
           Soul
           ,
           with
           a
           quickning
           ,
           renewing
           ,
           restoring
           Demonstration
           upon
           the
           Intellectual
           Faculty
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           receive
           in
           Love
           the
           benign
           Influences
           of
           eternal
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
         
           Accordingly
           consider
           duly
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           from
           everlasting
           to
           everlasting
           ,
           God
           is
           Infinite
           in
           his
           Perfection
           of
           all
           Divine
           Incomprehensible
           Attributes
           ,
           whose
           Essence
           is
           eternally
           in
           and
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           gives
           and
           preserves
           all
           Beings
           ,
           which
           were
           made
           for
           his
           Pleasure
           and
           Glory
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           own
           Will
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           any
           necessity
           of
           Nature
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           being
           exalted
           above
           all
           Blessings
           and
           Praise
           :
           so
           that
           his
           infinite
           Essential
           Glory
           cannot
           be
           liable
           to
           any
           Addition
           or
           Detraction
           from
           any
           Creature
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Time
           God
           condescended
           to
           manifest
           his
           immense
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           in
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           all
           Beings
           therein
           ,
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           things
           are
           upheld
           and
           do
           consist
           :
           All
           being
           made
           and
           preserved
           for
           the
           
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Original
           Law
           of
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           respectively
           dispensed
           to
           every
           Being
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           all
           things
           were
           made
           for
           distinct
           final
           Causes
           ,
           appointed
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Rule
           ,
           for
           the
           Operation
           of
           Life
           conferr'd
           upon
           every
           Being
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           doth
           actually
           ,
           effectually
           ,
           continually
           govern
           ,
           and
           over-rule
           all
           the
           Actions
           and
           Operations
           of
           all
           Beings
           to
           his
           Glory
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           determinate
           Counsels
           .
           For
           known
           unto
           God
           are
           all
           his
           Works
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           so
           that
           all
           contingent
           Effects
           and
           Actions
           of
           all
           created
           Beings
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           futurely
           turned
           and
           disposed
           ,
           but
           primarily
           decreed
           and
           ordered
           to
           be
           infallibly
           subservient
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God's
           eternal
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           as
           Activity
           and
           Operation
           is
           the
           necessary
           Expression
           
           of
           Life
           ,
           it
           is
           also
           necessary
           that
           there
           be
           an
           universal
           Law
           to
           direct
           ,
           regulate
           ,
           and
           judg
           the
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           of
           all
           Intelligent
           Beings
           :
           Which
           Law
           can
           only
           be
           the
           holy
           and
           righteous
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Creator
           of
           all
           Beings
           ,
           who
           only
           can
           righteously
           reward
           and
           punish
           all
           Actions
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           God
           made
           Man
           upright
           ,
           in
           his
           Divine
           Image
           〈◊〉
           Righteousness
           ,
           Knowledg
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           with
           Freedom
           of
           Will
           ,
           but
           under
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Life
           upon
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           of
           Death
           upon
           Disobedience
           ,
           which
           is
           Sin
           :
           For
           Sin
           is
           the
           rebellious
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           Man
           ,
           tho
           made
           upright
           ,
           being
           left
           to
           the
           Freedom
           of
           his
           Will
           ,
           rebelled
           against
           and
           renounced
           God
           his
           Creator
           in
           his
           all-sufficient
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           sought
           out
           ,
           and
           embraced
           the
           Vanity
           and
           Iniquity
           of
           the
           Devil's
           Lie
           ;
           by
           which
           Apostacy
           
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           Mankind
           fell
           into
           a
           state
           of
           the
           Condemnation
           and
           Corruption
           of
           Death
           ,
           which
           is
           endless
           Misery
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           righteous
           Judgment
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           8.
           
           The
           first
           Parents
           of
           Mankind
           were
           not
           only
           Persons
           individual
           ,
           but
           common
           Representatives
           of
           all
           their
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           The
           Evidence
           whereof
           necessarily
           flows
           form
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Life
           ,
           which
           God
           made
           with
           Man
           ,
           when
           created
           and
           placed
           in
           Paradise
           :
           The
           eating
           of
           the
           Tree
           of
           Knowledg
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           being
           threatned
           with
           Death
           ,
           which
           passed
           upon
           all
           Mankind
           both
           Infants
           and
           Adult
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           righteous
           Denunciation
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Consent
           of
           Man
           necessarily
           supposed
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           the
           refusal
           to
           consent
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Sin
           ,
           preceding
           the
           Transgression
           in
           eating
           the
           forbidden
           Fruit.
           
        
         
         
           The
           Equity
           of
           this
           is
           owned
           by
           the
           universal
           Justice
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           capital
           Crimes
           of
           Parents
           corrupt
           the
           Blood
           ,
           and
           devest
           the
           Posterity
           of
           all
           Privilege
           conferred
           upon
           such
           Families
           .
        
         
           Thus
           all
           the
           World
           must
           justfy
           the
           Ways
           of
           God
           to
           be
           most
           equal
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           The
           Apostacy
           of
           Mankind
           was
           not
           only
           one
           transient
           Act
           of
           Offence
           against
           a
           positive
           Command
           ,
           but
           the
           Sinfulness
           of
           Sin
           extended
           to
           an
           utter
           Renunciation
           of
           the
           Love
           and
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           introduced
           a
           Corruption
           which
           the
           Scripture
           stiles
           ,
           Death
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Powers
           and
           Faculties
           of
           a
           created
           Life
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           The
           Justice
           of
           God
           being
           infinite
           ,
           the
           rebellious
           Offence
           against
           that
           Justice
           must
           necessarily
           incur
           an
           everlasting
           Punishment
           :
           Such
           as
           the
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           Righteousness
           and
           Holiness
           of
           God
           the
           Creator
           determines
           
           to
           inflict
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Glory
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           The
           Salvation
           and
           Redemption
           of
           Man
           liable
           to
           eternal
           Wrath
           ,
           as
           it
           proceeds
           only
           from
           the
           free
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           be
           effected
           without
           Satisfaction
           to
           the
           infinite
           Justice
           of
           God
           :
           For
           without
           such
           Satisfaction
           the
           Godhead
           would
           be
           exposed
           to
           continual
           Dishonour
           ;
           and
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           Righteousness
           residing
           only
           in
           the
           infinite
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           the
           violation
           thereof
           remaining
           unsatisfied
           )
           consequently
           there
           must
           be
           always
           a
           failure
           of
           common
           Justice
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           12.
           
           It
           was
           impossible
           for
           any
           meer
           finite
           Creature
           to
           satisfy
           the
           Offence
           done
           by
           Sin
           against
           the
           infinite
           Justice
           and
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Creator
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           It
           was
           impossible
           and
           also
           unlawful
           for
           any
           finite
           created
           Intelligence
           ,
           to
           imagine
           ,
           or
           contrive
           ,
           or
           effect
           a
           due
           Satisfaction
           
           for
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           the
           Creature
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           It
           is
           the
           undeniable
           Sovereign
           Propriety
           and
           Right
           of
           God
           blessed
           for
           ever
           ,
           the
           Creator
           and
           Possessor
           of
           all
           Beings
           ,
           to
           contrive
           ,
           appoint
           and
           accomplish
           the
           Means
           of
           Satisfaction
           to
           his
           own
           infinite
           Justice
           ,
           and
           of
           Salvation
           for
           his
           miserable
           ,
           condemned
           ,
           corrupted
           Creature
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           Right
           Reason
           is
           the
           Faculty
           of
           discerning
           the
           difference
           between
           Good
           and
           Evil
           :
           The
           Lamp
           of
           God
           for
           intellectual
           Evidence
           for
           the
           practical
           Judgment
           concerning
           all
           Objects
           ,
           
           being
           derived
           from
           and
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Knowledg
           ,
           which
           is
           part
           of
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           Man
           ;
           but
           this
           being
           lost
           by
           Man's
           sinful
           Apostacy
           from
           God
           ,
           there
           is
           necessity
           of
           the
           recovery
           and
           renewal
           of
           the
           Faculty
           of
           right
           Reason
           by
           supernatural
           Light
           and
           Power
           .
           
        
         
         
           16.
           
           Tho
           the
           invisible
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           even
           his
           eternal
           Power
           and
           Godhead
           ,
           are
           clearly
           seen
           from
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           leave
           Man
           without
           Excuse
           :
           Yet
           the
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Sinners
           ,
           through
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           his
           Justice
           by
           a
           Redeemer
           ,
           is
           and
           can
           only
           be
           revealed
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           contained
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           of
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           ,
           and
           made
           effectual
           upon
           the
           Heart
           and
           Mind
           of
           Man
           by
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           .
           For
           
             the
             things
             of
             God
             knoweth
             no
             Man
             ,
             but
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             :
             
             But
             God
             hath
             revealed
             them
             unto
             us
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ;
             for
             the
             Spirit
             searcheth
             all
             things
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             deep
             things
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           17.
           
           God
           who
           at
           sundry
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           divers
           manners
           spake
           in
           time
           past
           unto
           the
           Fathers
           by
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           hath
           in
           these
           last
           days
           compleated
           the
           whole
           Canon
           and
           comprehensive
           Cycle
           of
           the
           Revelation
           
           of
           his
           Will
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           Standard
           in
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           for
           the
           Faith
           and
           Obedience
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           The
           Word
           of
           God
           contained
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           fully
           makes
           known
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           which
           passeth
           Knowledg
           ;
           〈◊〉
           the
           Kindness
           and
           Love
           of
           God
           our
           Saviour
           towards
           Man
           ,
           which
           first
           appeared
           in
           the
           Promise
           of
           a
           Redeemer
           ,
           confirm'd
           according
           to
           the
           manifold
           wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Institution
           of
           propitiatory
           Typical
           Sacrifices
           and
           Ceremonial
           Worships
           ,
           as
           Shadows
           ,
           and
           Pledges
           ,
           and
           symbols
           ;
           that
           in
           the
           fulness
           of
           Time
           God
           should
           be
           manifested
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           even
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           eternal
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           true
           God
           and
           eternal
           Life
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           It
           is
           impossible
           for
           an
           intelligent
           Beings
           to
           devest
           the
           knowledg
           and
           obligation
           of
           Dependance
           upon
           God
           his
           Creator
           and
           Preserver
           :
           Consequently
           the
           
           Devotion
           of
           continual
           Worship
           is
           indispensable
           Duty
           and
           Felicity
           ,
           in
           drawing
           near
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           only
           infinite
           ,
           eternal
           ,
           all-sufficient
           and
           necessary
           Good.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           undeniably
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           only
           Rule
           of
           acceptable
           advantagious
           Worship
           must
           be
           the
           revealed
           Will
           of
           God
           :
           For
           only
           God
           can
           direct
           and
           teach
           how
           He
           will
           be
           supplicated
           and
           worshipped
           .
           The
           knowledg
           of
           this
           Rule
           in
           the
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           Light
           and
           Perfection
           of
           Divine
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           is
           only
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           ,
           wherein
           is
           revealed
           the
           absolute
           Simplicity
           and
           Perfection
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           freed
           from
           the
           Confusion
           of
           vain
           and
           fabulous
           Superstition
           and
           Will-worship
           .
        
         
           20.
           
           The
           Covenant
           of
           Life
           and
           Happiness
           vouchsafed
           by
           God
           to
           Man
           upon
           his
           first
           Creation
           ,
           being
           by
           Man's
           Apostacy
           
           forfeited
           ,
           and
           the
           Ability
           to
           fulfil
           it
           utterly
           lost
        
         
           A
           second
           Covenant
           (
           called
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           )
           absolutely
           free
           on
           God's
           part
           ,
           but
           intirely
           necessary
           on
           the
           part
           of
           Man
           ,
           is
           by
           God
           instituted
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Man
           :
           The
           Tenor
           of
           the
           Engagement
           to
           which
           Covenant
           is
           the
           Institution
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           Ordinance
           is
           summarily
           represented
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Divine
           Trinity
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Godhead
           :
           for
           as
           the
           Father
           is
           revealed
           to
           be
           the
           God
           of
           Glory
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           Son
           to
           be
           the
           Lord
           of
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Glory
           .
        
         
           The
           incommunnicable
           Attributes
           of
           the
           Deity
           being
           ascribed
           unto
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           as
           unto
           the
           Father
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           Creation
           of
           Preservation
           ,
           
           of
           Regeneration
           ,
           of
           Omniscience
           ;
           the
           Necessity
           of
           Redemption
           and
           Regeneration
           is
           evinced
           by
           the
           Misery
           and
           Death
           common
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           universal
           depraved
           Vitiosity
           of
           all
           Mankind
           .
           Nor
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           either
           Redemption
           or
           Regeneration
           can
           be
           effected
           by
           less
           Power
           than
           Divine
           Omnipotence
           and
           Omniscience
           .
        
         
           The
           knowledg
           of
           the
           Heart
           in
           all
           the
           inmost
           Recesses
           of
           Thought
           and
           Imagination
           is
           ascribed
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           The
           contrary
           cannot
           be
           fancied
           without
           the
           greatest
           Absurdity
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Redeemer
           and
           Mediator
           were
           not
           essentially
           able
           to
           know
           all
           the
           Thoughts
           and
           Dispositions
           of
           the
           Heart
           of
           Man
           ,
           then
           some
           profane
           Hypocrite
           might
           mock
           ,
           or
           defeat
           with
           false
           pretended
           Devotion
           the
           Intercession
           of
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           or
           wickedly
           and
           securely
           lie
           to
           the
           Holy
           
           Ghost
           :
           Also
           something
           most
           necessary
           for
           a
           Sinner
           ,
           might
           escape
           the
           discern
           of
           our
           Mediator
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           could
           not
           be
           a
           Saviour
           to
           the
           uttermost
           ;
           consequently
           they
           who
           come
           to
           God
           by
           him
           must
           remain
           most
           miserable
           .
        
         
           The
           essential
           Being
           of
           God
           is
           of
           such
           terrible
           Majesty
           ,
           covered
           with
           the
           Light
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           the
           Light
           inaccessible
           ;
           so
           that
           no
           created
           Intelligence
           can
           possibly
           arrive
           at
           any
           due
           Perception
           of
           the
           Godhead
           ,
           but
           only
           according
           to
           the
           Revelation
           whereby
           God
           vouchsafed
           the
           Manifestation
           of
           his
           infinite
           incomprehensible
           Being
           ;
           which
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           Deity
           is
           given
           in
           his
           Word
           of
           Truth
           to
           be
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           one
           and
           the
           same
           living
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           blessed
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           The
           Efficacy
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           consists
           in
           Redemption
           and
           Regeneration
           .
        
         
         
           Redemption
           by
           the
           Propitiation
           to
           Divine
           Justice
           through
           the
           Satisfactory
           Merits
           of
           the
           Sufferings
           ,
           Death
           and
           Righteousness
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           for
           the
           Justification
           of
           a
           Sinner
           .
        
         
           Regeneration
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           Renovation
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           quickened
           and
           sanctified
           in
           all
           the
           intellectual
           Faculties
           unto
           Newness
           of
           Life
           by
           a
           new
           spiritual
           Birth
           .
        
         
           The
           Condition
           of
           the
           Covenant
           is
           Faith
           ,
           fiducially
           resting
           on
           Christ
           ,
           and
           vitally
           uniting
           unto
           Christ
           for
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           by
           effectual
           Vocation
           .
        
         
           The
           Obligation
           and
           indispensable
           Duty
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           the
           Obedience
           of
           Faith
           working
           by
           Love
           in
           the
           fulfilling
           all
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           22.
           
           The
           Covenant
           of
           Works
           being
           made
           with
           the
           first
           Adam
           who
           was
           a
           meer
           Creature
           ,
           and
           
           therefore
           liable
           to
           fall
           when
           left
           to
           the
           freedom
           of
           his
           Will
           ,
           the
           Perseverance
           in
           his
           created
           Uprightness
           could
           not
           be
           secure
           :
           But
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           being
           made
           with
           the
           second
           Adam
           ,
           the
           Lord
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           both
           the
           Performance
           of
           the
           Duty
           of
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           the
           final
           Perseverance
           in
           the
           Conditions
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           are
           according
           to
           the
           Promise
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           enabled
           to
           ,
           preserved
           in
           ,
           and
           perfected
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           no
           believing
           Sinner
           may
           presume
           in
           himself
           ,
           or
           despair
           in
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           whose
           Power
           he
           is
           kept
           through
           Faith
           unto
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           The
           everlasting
           Covenant
           is
           ordered
           in
           all
           things
           and
           sure
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           nothing
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           separate
           us
           from
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           our
           Lord.
           
        
         
         
           23.
           
           That
           which
           is
           stiled
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           is
           the
           Rational
           Conviction
           upon
           the
           Intelligent
           Mind
           of
           Man
           ,
           of
           indispensable
           Duty
           to
           fear
           ,
           trust
           ,
           obey
           ,
           believe
           and
           love
           God
           with
           all
           his
           Heart
           ,
           Mind
           and
           Strength
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           there
           is
           a
           necessity
           of
           the
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           which
           is
           made
           known
           the
           compleat
           Perfection
           of
           instituted
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Instituted
           Religion
           is
           the
           Rule
           of
           true
           Wisdom
           to
           bring
           Mankind
           to
           eternal
           Happiness
           ,
           by
           directing
           all
           his
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           in
           the
           Fear
           ,
           Faith
           and
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           their
           proper
           Objects
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           That
           Religion
           only
           is
           true
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Practice
           of
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           brings
           us
           to
           God
           in
           Spiritual
           Worship
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           alone
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           only
           Mediator
           
           of
           Redemption
           and
           Intercession
           .
           That
           Wisdom
           which
           was
           the
           Enquiry
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           the
           Demonstration
           of
           Theology
           ,
           is
           the
           Possession
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           pure
           undefiled
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           which
           removed
           from
           all
           Profaneness
           ,
           Superstition
           and
           Will-worship
           ,
           is
           the
           commanded
           and
           accepted
           way
           of
           Worship
           to
           God
           in
           Spirit
           and
           in
           Truth
           ,
           of
           Obedience
           to
           all
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God
           from
           Love
           to
           God
           ,
           of
           Righteousness
           to
           the
           Neighbour
           ,
           with
           Love
           ,
           as
           to
           ones
           self
           ,
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Sobriety
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           own
           Person
           made
           and
           renewed
           in
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           all
           upon
           hope
           of
           everlasting
           Blessedness
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God.
           
           
        
         
           This
           Religion
           is
           the
           Characteristick
           Excellency
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Cement
           and
           Security
           of
           Mankind
           in
           all
           Conditions
           and
           Relations
           .
        
         
           24.
           
           The
           Felicity
           to
           which
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           gives
           Title
           
           and
           Possession
           ,
           is
           both
           temporary
           and
           everlasting
           .
           In
           this
           Life
           Conversion
           from
           Darkness
           unto
           Light
           ,
           from
           the
           Power
           of
           Satan
           unto
           God
           ,
           from
           the
           Folly
           and
           Madness
           of
           Vanity
           and
           Sin
           ,
           unto
           the
           Fear
           and
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           true
           Wisdom
           ;
           Justification
           from
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           thereby
           Peace
           with
           God
           ;
           Sanctification
           by
           the
           renewing
           of
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           Righteousness
           ,
           Knowledg
           and
           true
           Holiness
           ,
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           dwelling
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           to
           quicken
           ,
           direct
           ,
           preserve
           in
           the
           Paths
           of
           Righteousness
           from
           all
           Apostacy
           ,
           Adoption
           to
           be
           a
           Child
           of
           God
           ,
           an
           Heir
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           Right
           and
           Acceptance
           to
           cry
           Abba
           ,
           Father
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           emboldened
           to
           approach
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           to
           offer
           continual
           Sacrifices
           of
           Supplication
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           upon
           our
           only
           great
           and
           glorious
           Altar
           ,
           
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           in
           him
           
           drawing
           near
           to
           God
           our
           exceeding
           Joy.
           
           
        
         
           This
           State
           gives
           Contentation
           in
           every
           Condition
           ,
           under
           the
           assurance
           that
           all
           things
           shall
           work
           together
           for
           our
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           our
           most
           difficult
           Labour
           to
           resist
           Temptation
           ,
           to
           overcome
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           mortify
           Corruptions
           ,
           to
           deny
           Self
           ,
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           vain
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           shall
           receive
           a
           full
           Recompence
           of
           Reward
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           whatsoever
           is
           done
           or
           suffered
           ,
           is
           in
           hope
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           State
           of
           this
           present
           World
           ,
           is
           not
           capable
           to
           receive
           the
           Blessedness
           and
           Glory
           of
           Eternity
           in
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           The
           Felicity
           of
           Eternity
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           represented
           ,
           or
           declared
           by
           the
           Tongues
           of
           Men
           and
           Angels
           .
           Unspeakable
           Words
           ,
           
           uncapable
           to
           be
           heard
           or
           uttered
           in
           this
           Vale
           of
           Tears
           ,
           are
           necessary
           
           to
           set
           forth
           what
           Eye
           hath
           not
           seen
           ,
           
           nor
           Ear
           heard
           ,
           neither
           have
           entred
           into
           the
           Heart
           of
           Man
           ,
           the
           things
           which
           God
           hath
           prepared
           for
           them
           that
           love
           him
           ,
           and
           fear
           him
           ,
           and
           wait
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           before
           the
           Sons
           of
           Men.
           This
           is
           that
           immense
           Felicity
           when
           we
           shall
           know
           as
           we
           are
           known
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           changed
           into
           the
           same
           Image
           ,
           from
           Glory
           to
           Glory
           ,
           even
           as
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           in
           the
           Beatifick
           Vision
           of
           God
           to
           all
           Eternity
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           shall
           bring
           all
           his
           Servants
           into
           the
           Possessions
           of
           the
           Joy
           and
           Glory
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           prepared
           for
           them
           before
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           World.
           But
           most
           dismal
           shall
           be
           the
           woful
           Misery
           of
           those
           who
           refuse
           to
           obey
           the
           Gospel
           commanding
           to
           crucify
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           with
           the
           Affections
           and
           Lusts
           ,
           to
           renounce
           a
           vain
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Pomps
           and
           Pleasures
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           to
           forsake
           
           a
           vain
           Conversation
           ,
           received
           by
           Tradition
           from
           our
           Forefathers
           ;
           to
           deny
           self
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           cut
           off
           Right-hand
           and
           Foot
           ,
           and
           pluck
           out
           right-Eye
           and
           to
           cast
           them
           away
           .
           They
           that
           account
           such
           Lessons
           too
           difficult
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           must
           hear
           ,
           and
           perish
           under
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           Depart
           from
           me
           ye
           Workers
           of
           Iniquity
           into
           everlasting
           Fire
           ,
           where
           the
           Worm
           shall
           never
           die
           ,
           and
           the
           Fire
           shall
           never
           be
           quenched
           .
        
         
           The
           Conclusion
           and
           Sum
           of
           the
           whole
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           beginning
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           
           was
           the
           Essential
           Word
           ,
           and
           the
           Word
           was
           with
           God
           :
           
             All
             things
             were
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             without
             him
             was
             not
             any
             thing
             made
             that
             was
             made
             .
          
           
           Who
           in
           the
           fulness
           of
           Time
           was
           God
           manifested
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ;
           for
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           as
           concerning
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           Christ
           came
           ,
           
           
             who
             is
             over
             all
             ,
             God
             blessed
             for
             ever
             .
          
           Amen
           .
           
             In
             whom
             
             we
             have
             Redemption
             through
             his
             Blood
             ,
          
           
           
             even
             the
             forgiveness
             of
             Sins
             :
             Who
             is
             the
             Image
             of
             the
             invisible
             God
             ,
             the
             first-born
             of
             every
             Creature
             .
             For
             by
             him
             were
             all
             things
             created
             ,
             that
             are
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             that
             are
             in
             Earth
             ,
             visible
             and
             invisible
             ;
             whether
             they
             be
             Thrones
             ,
             or
             Dominions
             ,
             or
             Principalities
             ,
             or
             Powers
             :
             All
             things
             were
             created
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             for
             him
             .
             And
             he
             is
             before
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             all
             things
             consist
             .
             And
             he
             is
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             the
             Church
             :
             who
             is
             the
             beginning
             ,
             the
             first-born
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             things
             he
             might
             have
             the
             Preheminence
             .
             For
             it
             pleased
             the
             Father
             ,
             that
             in
             him
             all
             Fulness
             should
             dwell
             :
             And
             having
             made
             Peace
             through
             the
             Blood
             of
             his
             Cross
             ,
             by
             him
             to
             reconcile
             all
             things
             unto
             himself
             ,
             whether
             things
             in
             Earth
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             things
             in
             Heaven
             .
             God
             who
             at
             sundry
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             divers
             manners
             spake
             in
             time
             past
             unto
             the
             Fathers
             by
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             hath
             in
             these
             last
             days
             spoken
             unto
             us
             by
             his
             Son
             ,
             
             whom
             he
             hath
             appointed
             Heir
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             by
             whom
             also
             he
             made
             the
             Worlds
             .
             Who
             being
             the
             Brightness
             of
             his
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             express
             Image
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             and
             upholding
             all
             things
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             by
             himself
             purged
             our
             Sins
             ,
             sat
             down
             on
             the
             Right-hand
             of
             the
             Majesty
             on
             high
             .
             For
             unto
             the
             Son
             he
             saith
             ,
             Thy
             Throne
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             is
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ;
             a
             Scepter
             of
             Righteousness
             is
             the
             Scepter
             of
             thy
             Kingdom
             .
             Because
             God
             hath
             appointed
             a
             Day
             in
             the
             which
             he
             will
             judg
             the
             World
             in
             Righteousness
             ,
          
           
           
             by
             that
             Man
             whom
             he
             hath
             ordained
             ,
             whereof
             he
             hath
             given
             Assurance
             unto
             all
             Men
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             hath
             raised
             him
             from
             the
             dead
             .
          
        
         
           
             Now
             it
             is
             easier
             for
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             to
             pass
             ,
          
           
           
             than
             one
             tittle
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             fail
             .
          
           The
           Son
           of
           Man
           shall
           come
           in
           his
           Glory
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           holy
           Angels
           with
           him
           ;
           then
           shall
           he
           sit
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           and
           before
           him
           shall
           
           all
           Nations
           be
           gathered
           .
           
           Then
           the
           foolish
           Virgins
           ,
           that
           neglected
           opportunity
           to
           provide
           Oil
           ,
           shall
           be
           excluded
           Heaven
           :
           
           They
           that
           in
           divers
           Instances
           agreed
           in
           one
           Consent
           to
           prefer
           and
           over-value
           present
           Animal
           Enjoyments
           before
           the
           Lord's
           Invitation
           to
           his
           Marriage-Supper
           ,
           shall
           never
           taste
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           .
        
         
           They
           that
           thought
           it
           a
           hard
           Saying
           and
           not
           to
           be
           born
           ,
           the
           Command
           of
           our
           Lord
           to
           crucify
           the
           Flesh
           with
           the
           Affections
           and
           Lusts
           ,
           to
           renounce
           a
           vain
           Conversation
           and
           a
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Fashion
           of
           the
           World
           which
           passeth
           away
           ,
           that
           refuse
           to
           deny
           self
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           the
           Cross
           ,
           to
           cut
           off
           right
           Hand
           and
           Foot
           ,
           and
           pluck
           out
           right
           Eye
           ,
           and
           cast
           them
           away
           .
        
         
           All
           such
           must
           hear
           ,
           and
           perish
           for
           ever
           under
           that
           dreadful
           Word
           ,
           
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ye
             cursed
             ,
             into
             everlasting
             Fire
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             .
          
           But
           
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           believed
           the
           Truth
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Jesus
           ,
           without
           contradicting
           or
           blaspheming
           ,
           received
           it
           in
           Love
           and
           the
           Obedience
           of
           Faith
           ,
           not
           holding
           it
           in
           Unrighteousness
           ,
           
             the
             King
             shall
             say
             ,
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World.
          
           
           But
           where
           shall
           ungodly
           Sinners
           appear
           ,
           that
           send
           after
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           into
           Heaven
           this
           Rebel
           Message
           ,
           
             We
             will
             not
             have
             this
             Man
             to
             reign
             over
             us
             ?
          
           
        
         
           That
           renounce
           the
           Satisfaction
           and
           Redemption
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           blasphemously
           deny
           the
           Deity
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           Lord
           of
           Glory
           ,
           they
           shall
           say
           to
           the
           Mountains
           and
           Rocks
           ,
           
             Fall
             on
             us
             ,
             
             and
             hide
             us
             from
             the
             Face
             of
             him
             that
             sitteth
             on
             the
             Throne
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Wrath
             of
             the
             Lamb
             :
             For
             the
             great
             Day
             of
             his
             Wrath
             is
             come
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             stand
             ?
          
        
         
         
           Few
           Men
           have
           been
           found
           in
           any
           Age
           or
           Country
           ,
           to
           have
           filled
           their
           Hearts
           with
           such
           profligate
           Madness
           to
           deny
           God.
           Indeed
           Cicero
           saith
           ,
           that
           Epicurus
           while
           in
           words
           he
           allowed
           a
           Deity
           ,
           he
           did
           really
           and
           by
           pretended
           Notions
           utterly
           disavow
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           without
           which
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           must
           be
           an
           empty
           and
           contemptible
           Sound
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           as
           Cicero
           observes
           ,
           if
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Reverential
           Regard
           to
           the
           actual
           Providence
           of
           God
           be
           denied
           ,
           or
           weakened
           ,
           thereby
           also
           the
           common
           Faith
           and
           Security
           of
           human
           Society
           ,
           and
           the
           Ground
           and
           Foundation
           of
           universal
           commutative
           and
           distributive
           Justice
           ,
           is
           altogether
           subverted
           .
        
         
           The
           Psalmist
           affirms
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Fool
           hath
           said
           in
           his
           Heart
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           God.
           
           That
           is
           the
           Disposition
           and
           working
           of
           his
           Heart
           in
           the
           desperate
           Wickedness
           and
           unexpressible
           Deceitfulness
           of
           all
           its
           
           Purposes
           and
           vain
           Imagination
           ,
           to
           avow
           the
           casting
           off
           the
           regard
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           the
           Psalmist
           immediately
           adds
           ,
           They
           have
           done
           abominable
           Works
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           that
           doth
           good
           .
           Accordingly
           the
           Psalmist
           again
           expresses
           ,
           
             The
             Transgression
             of
             the
             wicked
             saith
             within
             my
             Heart
             ,
             
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Fear
             of
             God
             before
             his
             Eyes
             :
             For
             he
             flattereth
             himself
             in
             his
             own
             Eyes
             ,
             until
             his
             Iniquity
             be
             found
             to
             be
             hateful
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           therefore
           most
           irrational
           Dementation
           to
           detract
           from
           the
           infinite
           Perfections
           of
           the
           Eternal
           God
           ;
           for
           thereby
           Man
           is
           left
           in
           a
           wretched
           Condition
           ,
           more
           abject
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Beast
           which
           perishes
           ,
           liable
           to
           the
           Miseries
           of
           this
           Life
           without
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Awe
           and
           Encouragement
           of
           future
           Punishments
           and
           Rewards
           .
        
         
           There
           needs
           not
           any
           Foreign
           Topick
           of
           Argumentation
           to
           prove
           the
           Existence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
           his
           absolute
           Soveraignty
           over
           all
           Beings
           .
           For
           the
           Conscience
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           radicated
           in
           every
           human
           Intelligence
           ,
           is
           a
           continual
           and
           unanswerable
           Evidence
           of
           the
           infinite
           Perfections
           of
           the
           Eternal
           God
           ,
           blessed
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           most
           absurd
           Folly
           and
           Contradiction
           ,
           to
           own
           a
           Nominal
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           deny
           the
           Essential
           Attributes
           of
           the
           infinite
           Perfection
           of
           the
           Deity
           .
           Eternal
           Being
           ,
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           are
           the
           infinite
           Perfections
           of
           one
           Almighty
           ,
           All-sufficient
           God.
           
        
         
           Eternity
           of
           Being
           implies
           Original
           Essential
           Existence
           absolutely
           simple
           ,
           altogether
           independent
           ,
           wholly
           immutable
           ,
           universally
           powerful
           ,
           every-where
           present
           .
        
         
           From
           whence
           flows
           Almighty
           Power
           ,
           to
           create
           and
           uphold
           all
           things
           according
           to
           his
           Will
           ;
           to
           be
           the
           only
           Cause
           of
           all
           other
           Beings
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           Causes
           of
           their
           Life
           ,
           with
           all
           distinct
           and
           proper
           
           Abilities
           thereof
           ;
           of
           their
           Operation
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Powers
           of
           Exercise
           ,
           Rules
           or
           Limits
           to
           direct
           and
           govern
           ,
           and
           End
           of
           Performance
           .
        
         
           Of
           their
           Subsistence
           with
           all
           Circumstances
           of
           Time
           and
           Place
           ,
           for
           the
           Beginning
           ,
           Continuance
           or
           Progress
           ,
           and
           finishing
           their
           Course
           with
           all
           diversity
           and
           alterations
           of
           Condition
           therein
           ,
           Sustentation
           and
           Regulation
           ,
           as
           necessarily
           flowing
           from
           ,
           and
           depending
           upon
           God
           as
           Origination
           .
        
         
           Truth
           is
           original
           ,
           eternal
           ,
           infinite
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           Knowledg
           ;
           the
           Perfection
           of
           excellent
           Eminence
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           and
           Essence
           is
           infinitely
           exalted
           above
           ,
           and
           separated
           from
           all
           possibility
           of
           Communion
           with
           ,
           or
           Respect
           unto
           Vanity
           ,
           Impurity
           ,
           Unrighteousness
           ,
           or
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           doth
           satisfyingly
           rest
           in
           his
           own
           All-sufficient
           Soveraignty
           :
           Thence
           
           derives
           and
           dispenses
           to
           all
           Creatures
           the
           Law
           of
           Truth
           ,
           to
           guide
           and
           direct
           inherently
           the
           Sustentation
           ,
           Operation
           and
           final
           Determination
           of
           all
           Beings
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           several
           respective
           Natures
           ,
           for
           the
           mutual
           Support
           ,
           Preservation
           and
           Comfort
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           all
           in
           subordinate
           necessary
           Subjection
           to
           the
           supreme
           Obedience
           unto
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           ultimate
           Aim
           and
           Regard
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           Effect
           of
           this
           eternal
           Truth
           is
           the
           Stream
           of
           Truth
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           universal
           Justice
           ,
           Righteousness
           ,
           Equity
           ,
           by
           God
           implanted
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           all
           Rational
           Creatures
           ,
           to
           direct
           and
           judg
           all
           their
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           Truth
           scoffed
           by
           the
           Profane
           ,
           vainly
           discoursed
           by
           Morosophists
           ,
           found
           possessed
           and
           enjoyed
           as
           the
           Happiness
           of
           all
           that
           fear
           and
           love
           God.
           
        
         
         
           This
           assigns
           the
           End
           to
           all
           Controversy
           ,
           is
           the
           Standard
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           Basis
           of
           all
           Rational
           Conversation
           .
        
         
           The
           Manifestation
           of
           this
           Truth
           is
           the
           revealed
           Will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           For
           Knowledg
           in
           God
           both
           satisfyingly
           comprehends
           the
           All-sufficient
           Perfection
           of
           the
           Divine
           Essence
           ,
           and
           effectually
           determines
           and
           appoints
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Operation
           ,
           Use
           and
           End
           of
           all
           Beings
           to
           his
           Glory
           .
        
         
           According
           to
           the
           Conformity
           to
           ,
           or
           Alienation
           from
           this
           Eternal
           Truth
           ,
           is
           the
           Result
           of
           Happiness
           or
           Misery
           to
           every
           Rational
           Being
           :
           For
           Divine
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           are
           convertible
           and
           inseparable
           .
        
         
           God
           only
           is
           good
           originally
           ,
           essentially
           ,
           infinitely
           ,
           eternally
           ,
           all-sufficiently
           .
        
         
           Goodness
           is
           the
           Root
           ,
           the
           Branches
           are
           Love
           ;
           God
           is
           Love
           ,
           
           Mercy
           ;
           God
           is
           the
           Father
           of
           Mercies
           ,
           Consolation
           :
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           all
           Comfort
           ,
           Patience
           and
           Long-suffering
           ;
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           Patience
           ,
           and
           his
           Long-suffering
           is
           Salvation
           ;
           his
           Loving-kindness
           is
           better
           than
           Life
           .
        
         
           Forgiveness
           is
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           feared
           :
           
           Let
           Israel
           
             hope
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             with
             the
             Lord
             there
             is
             Mercy
             ;
             and
             with
             him
             is
             plenteous
             Redemption
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           abundant
           Mercy
           is
           not
           in
           any
           respect
           Encouragement
           to
           Presumption
           ,
           
           or
           continuance
           in
           Sin
           :
           for
           that
           is
           to
           despise
           the
           Riches
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           
           and
           Forbearance
           ,
           and
           Long-suffering
           ;
           not
           knowing
           that
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           leadeth
           to
           Repentance
           ;
           but
           after
           the
           Hardness
           and
           Impenitency
           of
           Heart
           ,
           treasureth
           unto
           it self
           Wrath
           against
           the
           day
           of
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           Revelation
           of
           the
           righteous
           Judgment
           of
           God.
           
        
         
         
           God
           that
           dwells
           in
           Light
           inaccessible
           ,
           cannot
           be
           perceived
           and
           apprehended
           in
           any
           other
           Manifestation
           than
           as
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           reveal
           himself
           ,
           which
           can
           only
           be
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           wherein
           tho
           there
           be
           sufficient
           Evidence
           to
           satisfy
           a
           created
           Intelligence
           what
           is
           the
           infinite
           Excellence
           of
           the
           Divine
           Object
           of
           Worship
           ,
           yet
           it
           remains
           absolutely
           impossible
           for
           the
           most
           exalted
           created
           Mind
           fully
           to
           comprehend
           the
           Perfection
           of
           the
           Divine
           Essence
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           what
           is
           revealed
           thereof
           as
           the
           Object
           of
           Faith
           ,
           is
           replenished
           with
           immense
           Goodness
           and
           Beauty
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           all-sufficient
           and
           necessary
           Felicity
           of
           an
           immortal
           Rational
           Creature
           :
           Thus
           the
           highest
           and
           deepest
           Mystery
           concerning
           the
           Deity
           ,
           tho
           not
           possible
           to
           be
           investigated
           by
           human
           Capacity
           ,
           yet
           being
           revealed
           by
           the
           Word
           
           of
           Divine
           Truth
           ,
           necessarily
           constrains
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           Will
           and
           Affections
           to
           adore
           ,
           believe
           ,
           and
           receive
           in
           Love
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           glorious
           Mystery
           .
        
         
           The
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           Divine
           Essence
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           arrived
           at
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           Revelation
           as
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           make
           of
           himself
           .
        
         
           
             No
             Man
             knoweth
             the
             Son
             but
             the
             Father
             ;
             
             neither
             knoweth
             any
             Man
             the
             Father
             ,
             save
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             he
             to
             whomsoever
             the
             Son
             will
             reveal
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           can
           any
           Man
           say
           that
           Jesus
           is
           the
           Lord
           but
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
           
           The
           Ladder
           of
           Divine
           Knowledge
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Mind
           ascends
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           Top
           whereof
           reacheth
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           is
           yet
           set
           upon
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           For
           altho
           the
           very
           Light
           is
           a
           Covering
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           
           yet
           things
           material
           ,
           visible
           ,
           and
           humanly
           intelligible
           ,
           present
           the
           
           Shadows
           of
           excellent
           Evidence
           ,
           subservient
           unto
           the
           incomprehensible
           Perfection
           of
           Light
           and
           Truth
           of
           the
           Trinity
           in
           Unity
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           the
           only
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           blessed
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           Signatures
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           created
           Beings
           ,
           to
           assist
           the
           Mind
           in
           its
           Ascent
           of
           approach
           to
           behold
           the
           Goodness
           of
           the
           glorious
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Trinity
           of
           Persons
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Divine
           Essence
           .
        
         
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           is
           shadowed
           in
           all
           Beings
           ,
           viz.
           a
           Trinity
           of
           Subsistences
           in
           Unity
           of
           Essence
           .
        
         
           In
           every
           individual
           material
           Substance
           ,
           there
           is
           Height
           ,
           Length
           and
           Breadth
           .
        
         
           In
           every
           the
           same
           Luminary
           Orb
           there
           is
           Light
           ,
           Heat
           ,
           fructifying
           Influence
           .
        
         
         
           In
           every
           Man
           ,
           Understanding
           ,
           Will
           ,
           Affection
           ,
           yet
           the
           same
           univocal
           Soul.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           Godhead
           was
           always
           acknowledged
           Entity
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           subsisting
           in
           Unity
           ,
           always
           from
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           World
           declared
           to
           be
           eternal
           Truth
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           holy
           Scripture
           declares
           in
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           of
           the
           Godhead
           distinct
           Properties
           ,
           yet
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Infinite
           Essence
           ;
           and
           in
           every
           Person
           of
           the
           Godhead
           .
           Attributes
           incommunicable
           to
           any
           but
           God.
           
        
         
           Creation
           of
           all
           things
           is
           assigned
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           eternal
           Word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           John
           1.1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             was
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             the
             Word
             was
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Word
             was
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             same
             was
             in
             the
             beginning
             with
             God.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             All
             things
             were
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             without
             him
             was
             not
             any
             thing
             made
             that
             was
             made
             .
          
        
         
           Both
           the
           Creation
           and
           the
           Sustentation
           of
           all
           things
           are
           assigned
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Heb.
           1.1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             God
             who
             at
             sundry
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             divers
             manners
             spake
             in
             times
             past
             unto
             the
             Fathers
             by
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Hath
             in
             these
             last
             days
             spoken
             unto
             us
             by
             his
             Son
             ,
             whom
             he
             hath
             appointed
             Heir
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             by
             whom
             also
             he
             made
             the
             Worlds
             .
          
        
         
           
             Who
             being
             the
             Brightness
             of
             his
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             express
             Image
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             and
             upholding
             all
             things
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             by
             himself
             purged
             our
             Sins
             ,
             sat
             down
             on
             the
             Right-hand
             of
             the
             Majesty
             on
             high
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Knowledg
           of
           the
           Heart
           of
           every
           Man
           is
           assigned
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           Joh.
           2.25
           .
           
             Who
             needed
             not
             that
             any
             should
             testify
             of
             Man
             ,
             for
             he
             knew
             what
             was
             in
             Man.
          
           
           Compared
           with
           I
           Kings
           8.39
           .
           
             For
             thou
             ,
             even
             thou
             only
             knowest
             the
             Hearts
             of
             all
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           Isa
           .
           6.1
           ,
           5.
           the
           Prophet
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             saw
             also
             the
             Lord
             sitting
             upon
             a
             Throne
             ,
             high
             and
             lifted
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             said
             I
             ,
             Wo
             is
             me
             ,
             for
             mine
             Eyes
             have
             seen
             the
             King
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Vision
           of
           Jehova
           is
           expresly
           applied
           to
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Joh.
           12.41
           .
           
             These
             things
             said
          
           Esaias
           ,
           
             when
             he
             saw
             his
             Glory
             ,
             and
             spake
             of
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Also
           Joh.
           2.24
           ,
           25.
           
           
             But
             Jesus
             did
             not
             commit
             himself
             to
             them
             ,
             because
             he
             knew
             all
             Men
             :
             And
             needed
             not
             that
             any
             should
             testify
             of
             Man
             ;
             for
             he
             knew
             what
             was
             in
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           I
           Joh.
           5.20
           .
           speaking
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             true
             God
             ,
             and
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
        
         
         
           Also
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           the
           Scripture
           assigns
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           :
           Gen.
           1.2
           .
           
             And
             the
             Earth
             was
             without
             Form
             ,
             and
             void
             ,
             and
             Darkness
             was
             upon
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             Deep
             ;
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             moved
             upon
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             Waters
             .
             And
             God
             said
             ,
             Let
             there
             be
             Light
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             Light.
             
          
        
         
           Likewise
           the
           Works
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ;
           Isa
           :
           63.10
           .
           
             But
             they
             rebelled
             ,
             and
             vexed
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             —
             Where
             is
             he
             that
             put
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             within
             him
             ?
          
           The
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           caused
           him
           to
           rest
           ;
           so
           didst
           thou
           lead
           thy
           People
           to
           make
           thy self
           a
           glorious
           Name
           .
        
         
           The
           Work
           of
           Regeneration
           is
           ascribed
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           John
           3.5
           .
           
             Except
             a
             Man
             be
             born
             of
             the
             Water
             and
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             he
             cannot
             enter
             into
             the
             kingdom
             of
             God.
          
           Tit.
           3.5
           .
           
             According
             to
             his
             Mercy
             he
             saved
             us
             ,
             by
             the
             washing
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             renewing
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Knowledg
           of
           secret
           Sins
           is
           ascribed
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           Acts
           5.3
           ,
           4.
           
           
             Why
             hath
             Satan
             filled
             thy
             Heart
             to
             lie
             to
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             thou
             hast
             not
             lied
             unto
             Men
             but
             unto
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Likewise
           the
           Sin
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           is
           declared
           to
           be
           unpardonable
           ;
           Mark
           3.29
           .
           
             He
             that
             shall
             blaspheme
             against
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             hath
             never
             Forgiveness
             ,
             but
             is
             in
             danger
             of
             Damnation
             .
          
        
         
           These
           and
           many
           other
           Scriptures
           evidence
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Unity
           of
           Essence
           in
           the
           Trinity
           of
           the
           Divine
           Persons
           ;
           Joh.
           10.30
           .
           
             I
             and
             my
             Father
             are
             one
             .
          
           I
           John.
           5.7
           .
           
             For
             there
             are
             three
             that
             bear
             Record
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             and
             these
             three
             are
             one
             .
          
           Compare
           also
           2
           Tim.
           3.16
           .
           
             All
             Scripture
             is
             given
             by
             Inspiration
             of
             God.
          
           And
           2
           Pet.
           1.21
           .
           
             Holy
             Men
             of
             God
             spake
             as
             they
             were
             moved
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
        
         
         
           Likewise
           in
           the
           last
           words
           of
           David
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           23.2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             spake
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             his
             VVord
             was
             in
             my
             Tongue
             ;
             the
             God
             of
          
           Israel
           said
           ,
           &c.
           
           Thus
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           is
           not
           meerly
           Notional
           ,
           but
           Real
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           fictitious
           ,
           but
           eternally
           true
           ;
           it
           is
           infinitely
           good
           ,
           therefore
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           and
           adoringly
           received
           in
           Love
           as
           the
           Principle
           of
           Felicity
           to
           Intellectual
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           The
           Divine
           Trinity
           is
           Incomprehensible
           ,
           therefore
           to
           be
           adored
           ,
           not
           doubted
           ,
           nor
           subjected
           to
           Human
           Argumentation
           ,
           which
           cannot
           illustrate
           that
           which
           in
           all
           respects
           necessarily
           excels
           all
           Methods
           of
           finite
           Proof
           or
           Evidence
           ,
           tho
           the
           Reality
           and
           Efficacy
           thereof
           be
           most
           certainly
           and
           feelingly
           perceived
           and
           enjoyed
           .
        
         
           The
           curious
           Inquiry
           is
           like
           gazing
           upon
           the
           Sun
           ,
           which
           dazles
           our
           weak
           Eyes
           .
        
         
         
           For
           now
           we
           see
           through
           a
           Glass
           ,
           
           darkly
           ;
           now
           we
           know
           in
           part
           :
           but
           when
           we
           shall
           know
           even
           as
           also
           we
           are
           known
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           brought
           into
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           
           then
           we
           shall
           hear
           those
           unspeakable
           words
           which
           in
           this
           State
           of
           Mortality
           are
           not
           possible
           to
           be
           uttered
           ,
           fully
           to
           reveal
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Divine
           Trinity
           .
           What
           the
           Lord
           said
           unto
           Moses
           ,
           is
           also
           spoken
           unto
           us
           ;
           We
           cannot
           see
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           and
           live
           ;
           but
           the
           Lord
           maketh
           his
           Goodness
           pass
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           proclaims
           his
           Name
           before
           us
           ,
           
           that
           he
           will
           be
           gracious
           to
           whom
           he
           will
           be
           gracious
           ,
           and
           will
           shew
           Mercy
           on
           whom
           he
           will
           shew
           Mercy
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           eternal
           Election
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           Redemption
           by
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           Sanctification
           by
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           into
           which
           Truth
           all
           Believers
           who
           shall
           be
           saved
           ,
           are
           baptized
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Duty
           of
           common
           Philanthropy
           obliges
           deeply
           to
           grieve
           at
           the
           Folly
           and
           Madness
           of
           Epicurean
           Sensualists
           ,
           who
           renounce
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           hope
           of
           immortal
           Felicity
           ,
           and
           corrupt
           themselves
           to
           be
           like
           natural
           Brute
           Beasts
           ,
           made
           to
           be
           taken
           and
           destroyed
           ,
           vainly
           imagining
           to
           evade
           the
           impartial
           Justice
           of
           the
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           with
           whom
           is
           terrible
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           No
           less
           miserable
           are
           the
           Profane
           ,
           who
           take
           up
           a
           scoffing
           Name
           of
           Deist
           to
           act
           the
           Atheist
           ,
           renouncing
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           which
           is
           the
           only
           Bond
           of
           Human
           Society
           ,
           and
           rejecting
           Hope
           in
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           distinguishing
           Excellency
           of
           Man
           above
           the
           Beasts
           that
           perish
           .
        
         
           Unreasonable
           also
           is
           the
           Pride
           of
           those
           who
           deny
           the
           predestinating
           Prescience
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           
           changing
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Incorruptible
           God
           in
           〈…〉
           
           of
           corruptible
           Man
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           thought
           God
           to
           be
           altogether
           such
           an
           one
           as
           themselves
           ,
           
           who
           upon
           any
           Disappointment
           or
           unexpected
           Accident
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           patch
           up
           a
           Remedy
           for
           unforeseen
           Inconvenience
           .
           But
           let
           the
           Potsherds
           of
           the
           Earth
           strive
           with
           ,
           
           and
           discourse
           of
           the
           Potsherds
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           But
           unto
           the
           eternal
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           are
           known
           all
           his
           Works
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           determinate
           Counsel
           and
           Knowledg
           of
           his
           own
           Will
           ,
           
           who
           hath
           appointed
           all
           things
           that
           ever
           shall
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           his
           own
           Glory
           ;
           so
           that
           not
           any
           the
           least
           thing
           ,
           even
           the
           falling
           of
           a
           Sparrow
           to
           the
           Ground
           ,
           
           befals
           by
           chance
           ,
           but
           by
           Divine
           Appointment
           .
        
         
           Also
           the
           most
           flagitious
           Wickedness
           that
           ever
           was
           contrived
           and
           acted
           ,
           even
           the
           crucifying
           the
           Prince
           of
           Life
           ,
           was
           to
           fulfil
           
           the
           determinate
           Counsel
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           end
           to
           accomplish
           the
           highest
           Exaltation
           of
           Divine
           Glory
           and
           Goodness
           in
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           Which
           Salvation
           likewise
           is
           made
           effectual
           only
           to
           such
           as
           are
           ordained
           to
           Eternal
           Life
           .
           
        
         
           They
           also
           deny
           the
           meritorious
           Satifaction
           to
           the
           infinite
           Justice
           of
           God
           by
           the
           Death
           and
           Righteousness
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           for
           the
           Redemption
           of
           Sinners
           from
           Wrath
           to
           come
           ;
           by
           which
           miserable
           Error
           is
           effectually
           and
           really
           denied
           and
           evacuated
           the
           Essential
           Justice
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           They
           also
           deny
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           Almighty
           efficacious
           Grace
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           to
           sanctify
           ,
           regenerate
           and
           quicken
           those
           that
           are
           naturally
           dead
           in
           Trespasses
           and
           Sins
           ,
           under
           that
           Corruption
           and
           Impotence
           ,
           wherein
           all
           are
           alienated
           from
           the
           Life
           of
           God.
           
        
         
         
           Now
           concerning
           the
           words
           used
           by
           the
           Orthodox
           to
           express
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Divine
           Trinity
           :
        
         
           It
           ought
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           Words
           of
           Rational
           Speech
           being
           the
           Signatures
           of
           Things
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           more
           things
           to
           be
           expressed
           than
           are
           words
           to
           represent
           them
           :
           For
           such
           is
           the
           Poverty
           of
           every
           the
           most
           copious
           Language
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           necessity
           to
           apply
           the
           same
           syllabical
           Word
           to
           signify
           various
           and
           different
           things
           ,
           which
           yet
           receive
           the
           Certainty
           of
           Interpretation
           from
           the
           Rational
           Contexture
           of
           the
           respective
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           Thus
           in
           the
           Controversies
           raised
           by
           Heretical
           Blasphemers
           against
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           .
        
         
           The
           Orthodox
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           abundantly
           testify
           both
           the
           Essen●●●●
           〈◊〉
           and
           the
           distinct
           ●●●perties
           
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           have
           made
           use
           ;
           of
           several
           words
           ,
           as
           Person
           and
           Co-essential
           ,
           to
           express
           and
           signify
           the
           scriptural
           Truth
           of
           the
           Identical
           Substance
           and
           distinct
           Properties
           of
           the
           Divine
           Trinity
           in
           Unity
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           the
           possession
           and
           use
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Words
           or
           Phrases
           are
           duly
           retained
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Meaning
           and
           Intention
           clearly
           made
           known
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           ascribe
           ,
           as
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           unto
           the
           Father
           ,
           unto
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           unto
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           Attributes
           of
           Essential
           Divine
           Perfection
           ,
           incommunicable
           to
           any
           but
           unto
           the
           only
           living
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           who
           from
           everlasting
           to
           everlasting
           ,
           is
           God
           blessed
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           Religious
           Worship
           being
           the
           absolute
           Soveraignty
           of
           the
           only
           living
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Object
           of
           Worship
           ,
           
           which
           can
           only
           be
           God
           ;
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Rule
           of
           Worship
           ,
           which
           can
           only
           be
           appointed
           by
           God
           :
           For
           all
           other
           Objects
           of
           Worship
           are
           despicable
           vain
           Idols
           ,
           and
           all
           Rules
           ,
           Mediums
           and
           Ways
           of
           Religion
           not
           instituted
           by
           God
           ,
           are
           blasphemous
           Detraction
           from
           the
           Truth
           and
           Majesty
           of
           God.
           It
           must
           therefore
           be
           that
           the
           great
           Temptation
           to
           Atheism
           is
           Superstition
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Human
           Composition
           of
           Religion
           ,
           when
           the
           Fear
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           )
           is
           taught
           by
           the
           Precepts
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           The
           course
           of
           Rational
           Argumentation
           carrying
           the
           Mind
           to
           infer
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Object
           of
           Adoration
           must
           be
           obliged
           to
           depend
           upon
           the
           Will
           and
           Fancy
           of
           Human
           Imposition
           ,
           how
           ,
           and
           when
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           Mediums
           or
           Ceremonies
           it
           shall
           be
           adored
           :
           Then
           the
           Deity
           must
           become
           a
           meer
           Fiction
           ,
           and
           such
           Religion
           nothing
           
           but
           an
           Idol-Contrivance
           of
           the
           crafty
           ,
           or
           the
           foolish
           :
           Such
           Superstition
           being
           sacrilegious
           Invasion
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           institute
           or
           practise
           any
           Rite
           ,
           Formulary
           ,
           or
           Ceremony
           in
           Religion
           not
           commanded
           by
           God
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           than
           God
           hath
           commanded
           :
           because
           God
           only
           can
           be
           the
           Law-giver
           of
           his
           own
           Worship
           ;
           
           for
           all
           other
           Worship
           falls
           short
           of
           Acceptance
           with
           God
           ,
           consequently
           cannot
           make
           the
           Worshipper
           happy
           ,
           but
           prepares
           for
           an
           Atheistical
           Rejection
           of
           all
           Religion
           .
           The
           most
           refined
           Human
           Intelligence
           could
           never
           find
           out
           to
           Perfection
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Objects
           of
           our
           Sense
           ;
           so
           as
           fully
           to
           discover
           the
           Formation
           ,
           Texture
           ,
           Consistence
           and
           compleat
           Use
           and
           End
           of
           created
           Beings
           .
           Who
           can
           fully
           understand
           the
           glorious
           Orbs
           of
           Light
           which
           dazle
           the
           Beholder
           ?
           
           Who
           knows
           the
           
           Firmament
           of
           his
           Power
           ?
           Who
           knows
           
             the
             Ballancings
             of
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             the
             wondrous
             Works
             of
             him
             which
             is
             perfect
             in
             Knowledg
             ?
          
           
           
             how
             thy
             Garments
             are
             warm
             ,
             when
             he
             quieteth
             the
             Earth
             by
             the
             South
             Wind
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           very
           Augmentation
           of
           Stones
           and
           other
           Subterranean
           Materials
           ,
           the
           Growth
           of
           Vegetables
           ,
           the
           Production
           ,
           Generation
           ,
           Use
           and
           Operation
           of
           Animals
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           most
           despicable
           Insects
           ,
           have
           escaped
           ,
           and
           surpassed
           the
           diligent
           Inquiry
           of
           the
           most
           sagacious
           Pretenders
           :
           The
           Certainty
           of
           all
           which
           having
           only
           Substance
           and
           Evidence
           in
           Faith
           ,
           
           by
           which
           we
           understand
           that
           the
           World
           was
           made
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           that
           things
           which
           are
           seen
           are
           not
           made
           of
           things
           which
           do
           appear
           .
        
         
           But
           who
           can
           by
           searching
           find
           out
           God
           ?
           
           Or
           ,
           who
           can
           find
           out
           the
           Almighty
           unto
           Perfection
           ?
           
             It
             is
             as
             high
             as
             Heaven
             ,
             what
             
             canst
             thou
             do
             ?
             deeper
             than
             Hell
             ,
             what
             canst
             thou
             know
             ?
             Yet
             this
             is
             Life
             Eternal
             ,
             
             to
             know
             the
             only
             true
             God
             ,
             and
             Jesus
             Christ
             whom
             he
             hath
             sent
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Divine
           Trinity
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           God
           manifested
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           transcend
           the
           Comprehension
           of
           any
           finite
           created
           Intelligence
           .
           But
           tho
           the
           Love
           of
           Christ
           passeth
           Knowledg
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           sinful
           Man
           to
           be
           delivered
           and
           saved
           from
           Wrath
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           eternal
           Death
           ,
           but
           by
           unfeigned
           Faith
           in
           God
           the
           Father
           to
           be
           just
           ,
           and
           the
           Justifier
           of
           an
           ungodly
           Sinner
           ,
           
           which
           believeth
           in
           Jesus
           ;
           in
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           who
           only
           is
           able
           to
           save
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           having
           by
           himself
           purged
           us
           from
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           satisfied
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           is
           only
           capable
           to
           be
           an
           everlasting
           Mediator
           of
           Redemption
           and
           Intercession
           :
           
           Also
           in
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           who
           only
           can
           regenerate
           and
           sanctify
           a
           Sinner
           ,
           to
           be
           received
           into
           Communion
           of
           Life
           with
           God
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           a
           Golden
           Clasp
           to
           the
           rehearsed
           Truths
           ,
           none
           of
           them
           being
           of
           private
           Fancy
           or
           Invention
           ,
           duly
           consider
           the
           two
           first
           Articles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           being
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           published
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           continually
           subscribed
           by
           the
           Clergy
           .
        
         
           
           
             
               
                 Articles
                 of
                 Religion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   I.
                   Of
                   Faith
                   in
                   the
                   Holy
                   Trinity
                   .
                
                 
                   THere
                   is
                   but
                   one
                   living
                   and
                   true
                   God
                   ,
                   everlasting
                   ,
                   without
                   Body
                   ,
                   Parts
                   ,
                   or
                   Passions
                   ,
                   of
                   Infinite
                   Power
                   ,
                   Wisdom
                   and
                   Goodness
                   ,
                   the
                   Maker
                   and
                   Preserver
                   of
                   all
                   things
                   ,
                   both
                   visible
                   or
                   invisible
                   .
                   And
                   in
                   Vnity
                   of
                   this
                   Godhead
                   ,
                   there
                   be
                   Three
                   Persons
                   of
                   one
                   Substance
                   ,
                   Power
                   and
                   Eternity
                   ,
                   the
                   Father
                   ,
                   Son
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   II.
                   Of
                   the
                   Justification
                   of
                   Man.
                   
                
                 
                   WE
                   are
                   accounted
                   righteous
                   before
                   God
                   ,
                   only
                   for
                   the
                   Merit
                   of
                   our
                   Lord
                   and
                   Saviour
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   by
                   Faith
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   for
                   
                   our
                   own
                   Works
                   ,
                   or
                   Deservings
                   :
                   Wherefore
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   justified
                   by
                   Faith
                   only
                   ,
                   is
                   a
                   most
                   wholsom
                   Doctrine
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   full
                   of
                   Comfort
                   ,
                   as
                   more
                   largely
                   is
                   expressed
                   in
                   the
                   Homily
                   of
                   Justification
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45586-e190
           
             Prov.
             27.19
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.6
             .
          
           
             Zech.
             4.7
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             87.3
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             62.7
             .
             Psal
             .
             48.2
             .
             Isa
             .
             32.17
             .
             Jam.
             3.18
             .
             Rom.
             5.1
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.1
             .
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             4.17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Epicire
             .
          
           
             Grashopper
             .
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             9.3
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             9.27
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45586-e700
           
             Rom.
             1.20
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             2.15
             
          
           
             Act.
             24.25
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             30.20
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             16.4
             .
          
           
             Eccl.
             7.29
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             2.15
             .
          
           
             &
             1.12
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.4
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.18
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.23
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.20
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             90.11
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             40.13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.33
             .
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.26
             .
             &
             4.5
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             17.12
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             5.9
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.4
             .
          
           
             Heb
             ,
             9.22
             .
             &
             10.4
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             13.20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.21
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Tim.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             Col
             2.2
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.19
             ,
             21
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.22
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.1
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             9.14
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.14
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             6.18
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.2
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             53.6
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim
             1.15
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.25
             ,
             26
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Luke
             17.10
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             2
             1●
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Cor.
             5.17
             .
          
           
             James
             2.26
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             2.8
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             42.3
             .
             Mat.
             12.20
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             45.24
             .
          
           
             Job
             .
             40.14
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.5
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.19
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             50.16
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.9
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.25
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             51.7
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.24
             &
             13.20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             &
             9.14
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.1
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.26
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             3.3
             .
          
           
             Eccl.
             9.3
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.14
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             3.3
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             6.65
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             6.56
             ,
             57.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.9
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             15.5
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.4
             .
             Rom.
             5.18
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             15.6
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             8.10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             2
             .
             2●
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.29
             ,
             30
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             8.20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Zech.
             5.8
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Tim.
             4.1
             .
          
           
             Christanam
             Religionem
             absolutam
             &
             simplicem
             anili
             superstitione
             confundere
             .
             
               Am.
               Marcellin
            
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             2.19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             Rev.
             6.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             16.3
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             12.
             
          
           
             Pet.
             2.1
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             1.4
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.23
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.4
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             41.23
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             90.1
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.21
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Mark
             10.45
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.5
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             5.1
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Act.
             13.39
             .
             &
             10.36
             ,
             43.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.1
             .
             Eph.
             2.14
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             17.9
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             50.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.26
             .
             &
             4.5
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             9.1
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.20
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             6.1
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.1
             ,
             4
             ,
             to
             10.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.4
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.
             
          
           
             T
             it
             1.2
             .
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             8.20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             5.2
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             9.9
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             1.29
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             106.13
             ,
             21.
             
             Deur
             .
             32.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.5
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.4
             .
             2
             Tim.
             1.9
             .
             Tit.
             1.2
             .
             Mat.
             27.35
             Mark
             15.28
             .
             John
             19.28
             ,
             36
             ,
             37.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.9
             .
             &
             10.1
             .
             &
             10.22
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.17
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.21
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.18
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.5
             ,
             6
             
          
           
             Act.
             13.34
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.8
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             
          
           
             Sacrae
             Scriptura
             non
             movent
             ,
             non
             persuadent
             ,
             sed
             cogunt
             ,
             agitant
             ,
             vim
             inferunt
             .
             
               Jo.
               Pic.
               Mirand
               .
               Ep.
               H●m
               .
               Barbir
               .
            
          
           
             Prov.
             20.27
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             6.23
             .
             Heb.
             8.10
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.2
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             13.10
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             43.4
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.4
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             31.19
             .
             Isa
             .
             64.4
             .
             1
             Cor.
             2.9
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             1.1
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             9.5
             .
          
           
             Col.
             1.14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Act.
             17.31
             .
          
           
             Luke
             16.17
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             25.3
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Luke
             14.18
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             25.41
             
          
           
             Ver.
             34.
             
          
           
             Luke
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             6.16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             14.1
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             17.9
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             36.1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             130.4
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.1
             ,
             2
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.4
             ,
             5
             
          
           
             Mat.
             11.27
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12.3
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             104.2
             .
          
           
             1
             cor
             .
             13.12
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.4
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             33.19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.23
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             50.21
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             45.9
             .
          
           
             Acts.
             2.23
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             10.29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Act.
             13.48
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             33.22
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             150.1
             .
          
           
             Job
             37.16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.1
             ,
             3
             
          
           
             Job
             11.7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             17.3
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.26
             .
             &
             4.5
             .