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CASUISTICA:L DIVIN-ITY, &c. 37r . \' .. • ;(~ the tranfgreffor, admits'of repentance and flying to' a '. M~diat~'r folhelp and'telief.-:-5' The condition d fh;'ftrfl , ,. ~.,', . \. . , , was obeying and workmg, and that "to perfection: But the ~~n~diflQn c'f'the [econd is believing, that is receiving and lay- ,'••-;' rj... I' ,f,· • ing hpld on CHRIST-alid his CQvenant. -:-The covenant bf grac'e 'reqJifes ~orks and ohedi~nce, bNt nof in the 'fa11.?e ~anne: that the fir// covenant did; for in th~ nrfi covenant"they were required as the very condition ,of life aha:groli~d' orf~lvati~~ : ,But in thejecand, ,they arc-required as the evidences of grace, "nd frui'ts of our love to GOD1in CHRI~T. '~ In the :ftrji they were requi;ed for' th~ jufi:JlcatlOIl of~ our perfons;, in the jmnd, for the tdttf) ing of our gra;\itud.e and our conformity to our head and patten,)' , The~gracious pr?mif~s ,C?f t~is, cpv~,n::t,nt to the't;:ieB: are great; particularly to have .GOD become our GOD and Father in C:;H~!~'~,
. ) 372. THE GOSPEL-MAGAZINf.; ~ under the -gorpe1, he' having been only revealed to the'!l~ by prophefies, types,' facrifi.ces, and other ordinances; but they were under the fame covenant of grace wi'tli~JusJfqr • • f '-._ ( f!:Ibftance, having the fame Meqiator and pro~i.res, ,a!1d, the fame grace of faith required of them fort falv'!:tion~ feeing by the works of the law no 'man' unce the" fall. can tie j uftified. M I SCE L L A N E 0 U S. ,.ne TRIUMPH of a CHRISTIAN: Or JACOB'S wryJli71( with GOD. Continued. - Lord to appear to Jacob at CHAP. In. The caufe moving thl! T this time. ~ HE caufe moving the LORD to appear to Jacab, was . the hard eftate wherein his' fervant ftood at this. time: . for 7a~ab is now in great anguifh of mind, tumbl,ing as it were between fear and confidence; between hope and, defpair; hope bidding him go forward in his journey, defpaiI: by the contrary .diffuading him; confidence promifing him fafety, fear threatning him with danger, his hope leans on the word of GOD, who prom ifed to be with him, and profper him; his fear is conceived fromthe words ofEJau, who had vowed to 'flay him, and is now ~akened again, and augmented by the report of his Cervants, who told hii!1 that Ejau yvas' coming againft him with an army•. Thus did he walk ftaggering upon (ee(,- not unlike the feet ofDaniel's image, partly ofclay, partly of iron: Some of his thoughts being weak and impotent, others' ftrong and' f;rcible to' carry him forward. In this perplexity now,ftands 7acab, having.JlO conc1ufion nor co.unfel within him without confradittion" uncertain what tei do, or which way to turn him; not unlike Jebojhaphat, who being " - ftraitned with ,the Ammonites, MoabitfS, and JidonJites, ftood up " ..
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