fin d, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of foul and body e. III. They being the root of all mankind the guilt of this fin was imputed f, and the fame death in fin and corrupted the Lord God,amongst the treesof the garden. Eccl. 7. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have foughtout many inventions, Rom. 3.23. For all have finned and come Thort of the glory of God. d Gen. 2. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of God and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou fhalt furely die. Eph. 2.1. Andyou hath he quickned, who were dead in trespasses and fins, e Tit. 1. 15. Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled,and unbelieving,is nothing pure, but even their mind and confcience is defiled. Gen 6.5. And God law that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart, was only evil continually. Jer. 17. 9. The heart isdeceitfull above all things, and defperately wicked, who can know it? Rom. 3.10. As it iswrite ten, there is none righteous, no not one.v. 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that feeketh after God. v.12. They are all gone out of the way, they are togetherbecome unprofitable,there is nonethat doth good,no not one. v. 13. Their throat is an open fe. pulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of alps is under their lips. v. 14. Whose mouth is full of curling and bitternels..15. Their feet are fwift to fhed blood. v. 16. Destruction and mifery are in their ways. v. 17. And the way of peace have they not known. 8,There is no fear of God before their eyes. III. f Gen 1,27,So God created maninhisown image; in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them. 2.28. And God blefled them, and God faid unto them, be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and fubdue it: and have dominion over the fifhof the fea,and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing thatmoveth upon the earth And Gen. 2.16. And the LordGod commanded the man, taying, of everytree of thegarden thoumayest freely eat. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou thalt furely die. And Acts 17. 26. And hath made of one blood, all nations of men,for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determinedthetimesbe foreappointed, and the bounds of their habitation. With Rom. 5. 12.Wherefore, as by one man fin entred into the world, and death by fin; and fo death paffed upon all men,for that all have finned. v. 15. But not as the offence, fo alfo isthe free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jefus Chrift, hath abounded unto many. v. 16. And notas it was by one that finned, fo is the gift for the judg ment was by oneto condemnation; but the free gift is of many offencesunto justification. v. 17. For if byone man's offence,death reigned by one; much morethey whichreceive abundance of grace, and of thegift of righteoufnefs,fhall reign in life by one, Jefus Chrift.v. 18. Therefore as by the offence of one, judgment cameuponallmento condemnation: even fo by the righteouinefs of one, the free gift came D upon nature conveyed, to all their pofterity, defcending from them by ordinary generation g. IV. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indifpofed, disabled, and made oppofite to all good h, and wholly inclined to all evili, do proceed all actual tranfgref fions k. V. This corruption of nature, during this life, do re upon all men unto juftification of life. v. 19. For as by one man's difobedience,many were made finners: fo by the obedience of one, fhall manybe made righteous. And I Cor.15.21.For finceby man came death, by man came allo the refurrection of the dead. v. 22. For as in Adam all die, even fo in Chrift fhall all be made alive. ". 45. And fo it is written, The firft man Adam was made a living foul, the laft A. dam was made a quickning fpirit, v. 49. And as we have born the image of the earthly, we alfo fhall bear the image of the heavenly. g Pfalm 51. 5. Behold, I was fhapen in iniquity: and in fin did my mother conceive me. Gen.5.3. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a fon in his own likenefs, after his image; and called his name Seth. Job 14. 4. Who canbring a clean thing outof an unclean? not one. Job. 15. 14. What is manthathefhouldbeclean? and he which is born of a woman, that he fhould be righteous? IV. h Rom. 5. 6. For when we were yet without ftrength, in due time Chrift died for the ungodly. Rom 8. 7. Because the carnalmind is enmity against God: for it is not fubject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.Rom. 7. 18. For I know, that in me,(that is, in my flefh) dwelleth no good thing for to will is prefent with me,but how to perform that which is good, I find not. Col. 1. 21 And you that were fometimes alienated, and enemiesinyourmindbywickedworks, yet now hath he reconciled, : main i Gen 6. 5. And God faw that the wickendefs of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart, was only evil continually. Gen. 8. 21. And the Lord finelled a fweet favour, and the Lord faid in his heart, I will not again curfe the ground any more formans fake;for the imagination of mans heart is evil fromhis youth; neither will I again fmite any more, every thing living, as I have done. Rom.3. 10. As it is written,there is none righteous, no not one: v. 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that feeketh after God. v. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one. k James 1. 14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own luft,and enticed. v. 15. Then when luft hath conceived, it bringeth forth fin: and fin when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Eph.2. 2. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the courle of this word, according to the prince of the power of the air, the fpirit that now worketh in the children of difobedience.v.3. Among whom alfo we all had our converfation in times paft, in the lufts of our flesh, fulfilling the delires of the flesh, and of the mind: and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others Matth. 15. 16.For out ofthe heart proceed evil thoughts mur ders.adulteries, fornications, thefts, falie-witnefs, blafphemies." V.1 John main in those that are regenerated 1: And although it be thro' Chrift pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly fin m. VI. Every fin, both originial and actual, being a transgreffion of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto n, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the finner o, whereby he is bound over to the wrath God p, and curfe of the law q, and fo made subject to death, V.11 John1. 8.If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive our felves, and the truth is not in us. v. 10. If we fay that we have not finned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Rom.7.14. For we know that the law is fpiritual: but I am carnal, fold under fin. . 17. Now then, it is no more I that do it, but fin that dwelleth in me. v. 18. For I know that in me, (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is prefent with me, but how to perform thatwhich is good,I find not.".23. 'But I fee another law in my members, warring againft the lawof my mind,and bringingme into captivity to the law of fin, which is in my members. James 3. 2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the fame is a perfect man, and able alfo to bridle the wholebody.Prov. 20. 9. Who can fay,I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my fin? Eccl.7.20.For there is not a just man upon the earth that doth good and finneth not. of v. 25. I thank God,through Jefus Christ our Lord.So then with the mind I myself ferve the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of fin, Gal. 5. 17. For the flesh lufteth against the fpirit, and the fpirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other, fo thatyecannot do thethings that would, ye VI. n 1 John 3. 4. Whofoever committeth fin, tranfgreffeth allo the law, for fin is the tranfgreffion of the law. o Rom. 2. 15. Which fhew the work of the law written in their hearts, theirconfcience alfobearing witnefs, & their thoughts the mean while accufing,or elfeexcufingone another. Rom.3.9. What thenare we not better than they? No?inno wife: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles,that they are all under fin. v. 19. Now we know, that what things foever the law faith,it faith to them, who are under the law that every mouth may be ftopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. weall hadour converfationin times P Eph. 2. 3. Among whom alfo paft, in the lufts of our flesh,fulfilling the defires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. m Rom.7.5. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of fins which were by the law, did work inour members to bring forth fruit unto death... What hall we lay then? Is the law fin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known fin; but by q Gal.3.10.For as many as are the law: for I had not knownluft, of the works of the law,are under except the law had faid,Thouthalt the curfe: for it is written, Curfed not covet,8,But fin taking occa is every one that continueth notin lionbythecommandment,wrought all things which are written in the in me allmanner of concupifcence, book of the law to do them. For without the law fin was dead, Dz F Rom death, with all miferies fpiritual f, temporalt, and eter nal v. CHAP. VII. Of God's covenant with man. THE distance between God and the creature is fo great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of him as their bleffednefs and reward, but by fome voluntary condefcenfion on God's part, which he hath been pleased to exprefs by way of covenant a. r Rom. 6. 23. For the wages of fin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. fEph. 4. 18. Having the underftanding darkned, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, becaufe of the blindnefs of their heart. t Rom. 8. 20. For the creature was made fubject to vanity, rot willingly, but by reafon of him who hath fubjected the fame in hope. Lam. 3.39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his fins? v Mat. 25.41.Then thall he fay alfo unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye curfed, into everlafting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 2 Theff. 1.9. Who fhall be punished with everJafting deftruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. I. a Ifa. 40. 13. Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord? or being his counfeller hath taught him? v. 14. With whom took he counfel, and who inftructed him, andtaught him inthe path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and fhewed to him the way of underftanding?v. 15. Behold,the nations are as a drop of a bucket,and are counted as the fmall duft of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the II. The ifles as a very little thing. v. 16. And Lebanon is not fufficient to burn,nor the beafts thereof fufficient for a burnt-offering. v.17, All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lefs thannothing,andvanity.Job.9.32. For he is not a man,as I am, that I fhould answer him, and we fhould come together in judgment.v.33. Neither is there any days-man betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 1 Sam. 2, 25.If one man fin againft another, the judge fhall judge him: but if a man fin against the Lord, who fhall intreat for him? Pfal. 103.5. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high? v, 6. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth. Pfal. 100.2. Serve the Lord with gladnefs come before his prefence with finging. v. 3. Know ye that the Lord he isGod,it is he thathath made us,and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the fheep of his palture. Job 22. 2. Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wife may be profitable unto himfelf? v. 3. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makeft thy ways perfect? Job 35. 7: If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?or what receiveth he of thine hand? v, S. Thy wickedness may II. The firft covenant made with man was a covenant of works b; wherein life was promifed to Adam, and in him to his posterity c, upon condition of perfect and perfonal o bedience d. e, III, Man by his fall having made himself uncapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a fecond commonly called the covenant of grace: Wherein he freely offereth unto finners life and falvation by Jefus Chrift, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be faved f, and promifing to give unto all those that are ordained may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousness may profit the fon of man. Luke 17. 10. So like wife ye, when ye fhall have done all those things which are commanded you, fay, We are unprofitable fervants: we have done that which was our duty to do. Acts1%. 24. God that made the world, and all things therein, feeing that he is Lord of heaven andearth,dwelleth not in temples made with hands. v. 25. Neither is worshipped with mens hands as though he needed any thing, feeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. II. b Gal. 3. 12, And the law is not of faith, but. the man that doth them fhall live in them, c Rom, 10, 5. For Moles defcribeth the righteoufnefs which is of the law, that the man which doth these things, fhall live by them Rom. 5. 12. to 20. (See chapter 6, Sect. 3. Letter f.) d Gen. 2. 17. But of the trec of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatelt thereof, thou fhalt furely die. Gal. 3. 10. For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curfe; for it is written, curfed is every one that continueth notin all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. III. e Gal. 3. 21.Is the law then against the promiles of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law unto given,whichcould have given life, verily righteoufnels, thould have been by the law. Rom. 8. 3. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flefh,God fending his own fon inthe likenefs of finful flefh, and for fin condemned fin in the flesh. Rom. 3. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there fhall no fleth be juftified in his fight: for by the law is the knowledge of fin. v. 21. But no v the righteoufnefs of God without the law is manifefted, being witneffed by the law and the prophets Gen. 3. 15. And I will put enmity between theeand the woman, and between thy feed and her feed; it fhall bruife thy head,andthon fhalt bruife his heel. Ifa. 42. 6. I the Lordhave called thee in righteoufnefs, and I will hold thine hand, and will keep thee,and give thǝe for a covenant of the people,for a light of the Gentiles. f Mark 16. 15. And he faid unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach the gofpel to every creature, y. 16. He that believeth and is baptized, fhall be faved; but he that believeth not fhall be damned. John 2. 16. For God fo loved the world that he gave his only begotten fon, that whofoever believethinhim, fhouldnot perish,but have everlafting life. Rom. 10. 6. But the righteoufnels which is of faith, fpeaketh on this wife, fay not in thine heart, who that af D 3 cend |