, 1874-04-19

| over to .::2 wrath CT God snG cur:o OF tho Ian
a,:.i gus I, subject .s l:as, v;.ll ell the mise
| ries E;:ii.i.%tc1, temporal, and eter:,r:.'.
] OF GODS COVENANT WITH MAN.
| The t}lstelc: between God ard the creature !
SO great that, although reasonable creatures
| owe obedience unto him aa Their creator, ys'
! they could Ecvcr hayo nay frultion OF HIM.
| their bleeEedno2s and reward. blt ~ some Fo!
| rnterv conGcEcension GU Gods part, which n
hath pleased to express " wav OF covenant:
| The first coyenall. made with man was core
nant of works, wherein life Was promised t
Adam, and in linn to his rosterity, upon condi
| tion Of perfect and personal Obedience.
| Man, by Lis fall, having made himself inca
pabIe Of lifo By that covenant. the Lord We:
| pleased to mako second, commonly caliee
| the Covenant Of Grace, wherein hs freely
offered unto sinne1s life and salvation By Jesu,
Christ requiring Of them faith in Him, tnat the,
] mar be sayed, and promising to- give unto al
those TINT are ordained unto life His Holy Spirit
to make them willing and able to bolieve.
OF CHRIST TIE MEDIATOR.
To all those for whom Christ hath purchascG
redemption, He doth certainly end effectuall5
apply and communicate the same; making in.
tercoesion for them, and revealing unto them, in
and by the word, the mysteries of salvation
efIectually persuadiug them by His Spirit to be.
lieye and obey, end governing their hearts by
His word and Spirit; overcoming MI their cDe-
mics by His almighty power and wisdom, in
such manner and wars all are most consoEaat to
His wonderful and unEearchab!o lispensstion.
OF FREE WILL.
God hath end,led ;ho will Of man with that
natural liberty, that is neither forced nor by any
absolute necessity OF na:uro determined to good
or evil.
Nan, in his state of Innocence, Ind freedom
and power to will and 10 do that which il good
and well-p1casing to God; but yet mutably, so
that ho might fall from it.
Man, by his fali into q state Of sin, hath
wholly lost all ability Of will to any spiritual good
scconpanying salvation; 60 a. a natural man
being Altogether r., aSerse from that good ind dead
vert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.
or EFFEc7uAL CALLING.
All those whom God hath prolestined unto
life, and those only. He is pleased in His ap-
pointed and accepted time eIectually to call, By
His word aud Spirit, out OF TINT state Of Sin and
death, in which they arc by nature, to grace and
salvation by Jesus Christ; enIjghtening their
minds, spiritually and sayingiY, to understand
the things of God, taking away their heart OF
stone, anil giving unto them an heart Of flesh;
renewing their uills, and by His almighty power
determining them to do that which is good; and
cGectuallr drawing them 20 Jesus Chri.t yet so
as they come most freely, being made willing by
His grace.
This e1fcctual cnu is OF Gods free and special
grace alone, not from anything at all forcseen in
man, who IL altogether passive therein, until,
being quickened aud renewed by the Holy Spirit.
he is thereby enabled to answer this call and to
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tneJ ue'ot ..uiy co.t1s ~ Sl1st, anu theseiore'
cannot 10 sHeeu a1ocn less ean men, not pro-
leasing tue C1I1ss'an tell5lon, eo fased IN any
othef way "naIsoeser' pe tncy ever SO allisent
to frame tne'f Asos aGcosalnS 10 the Light of ma
tnre, and the Ia" OF that re!lGlon theT 90 pro-
iess ana 70 assert ana MAINTAIN taat thcy may
ID very pernlclous, and to be detested
OF yUsTlF1cAT1oS.
Those whom God efectualy calleth, He a1so
freely justiieth, not BY infusing righteousness
uto them, but by pardoning their Sins, and by
aud accepting their pegsous as
:iehteoua not for anything wrought in them
or done by them. but for Chtist's sake alone
lot by mputing faith itEoif, the net Of believing
n any other evangelical obedience to them. Sy
heir Righteousness: but by irn11tiur tbo ohn-
lieuco and satisfaction of Christ unto them.
hey RECEIVING and resting On Him nnd His
ieIteousr h.: faith Which foith thav have
,ot of themselves It is tl,o oift Of (;nd
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