514 THE qOSPEL M'.OAZINS. of tLe faith tif (iod's eIcct, Chrisr rvas ordained to reilcern all I-IiE Clrurch frorn the consequeuccs ol Adarn's apostacl, iry taking uporr himself the sutfering of tleatlt-ali sorts anrl kirds of death t;orh of rrrind aoil lrodv. contained in tlie r'ighteous curse of God, expresseti iu rlre perralties of the brrl,len larv, " the soul llrat siuneth it shall tiie." Divine Justice exacted obctiience unto dearh frorn the Lord Christ, iu order to discharEe the elect fiorn the rlrearlful punishnrent (luo to their sins. 'l'lre Per",'n of t rre Lurd Jesus Chlist is c,rnseqrrelrtlv tlte orr: thing needful for us to know I because tire sub-iect contains all ihe treasures
TIIN IMDIUTAB'ES OT A FINISEED SAI,VATION. 5I5 ages of eternitr. But (.lhrist uoderrveut rLe q,hole curse of God due to sin. Gat. iii. 13. Sin is an irrfinite evil-not u,itb referenr:e to the sinner, qho cannot rise al)ove creatureship, and is thereibr.e 6rrite ; but Christ heing au in6nite Person, was capable of sustaining, in all its collerrerl horrr-rrs, that-rvrarh to eoule, rvhich had been ir-rcurrerl bv tlre elect, Latn, i. l?. I think I am clear ro sav. that oul'Christ in tasting ttearh fur ever.y uran r,f t,ire election of grace, drai,reri rlamnation to tire very dregs, I\{att. xxvi.42, Psal. xviii. 5. By these sufferinqsofthe liod-nran-Chri.t J*rrs, He elcirriecl rhe Just for rhe unjust; the rvrath.of (iod against ttre sins of the elect, rvas for 'l'r.r ever appeased, i;ol. i, 2t_t, Isa. xliii. 25. this errd tlre elect ilre, eaclr in th,:ir day irid generetiun, resenefate(l hy the Holy Ghost,'l'it. iii.5; for urltil poor sinners be regenerated, thev can Lave no spi|ituai existr:rice, "Ezek; xxxvii. N 3; none are regeuerated hut Guti's elet:t, though urarv are rnucL affected bv the lvord. like [Jerod. anrl do many thinqs, Regeneration is an almiEhry acr oi'Gotl, wherebyan eleci sin. rier is nrade a recipieut of the grar:e of life, the sirrner treing rhus illrrrninated, the Lord tlre Spirit t:auses to be rereived irrro rhe reqenerate mind, frorn the Scriptures oftruttr, the kuorvledge of the total fal I and corruption of hrr rn an nature, in all tire iutlividuals of Adam's posrerity, by lris one tiansgressiorr, Ronr. r. 12. <strong>The</strong> true apprehension of this arvful cerrainty, creates in tliil mintl of tlre regenetate person, an eDtire r.eltunciarion of all that he is, or ever shal be in hiurself. Phil. iii.3. 'lhe re.rl convittiou of sin is rhe rvork of tbe I{oly Spir.ir, in irnparriog s seriptural knorrledqe trf tlie deprarred strte of the lurrnan race ir- cou..equenle of original siu, Psal. li. 5. As lhe Ifulv Ghost testifies of so does the sarne Divine and eternal Spirit give "iu, evidenceconcerning Ohrist, as rbe glorious Redeemer of his Churclr frorn all tlrar is conrained in sin, John xvi. iJ, 14. But the work of the Holy Ghost is ur) llart of an elec[ lerson's Salvatiol, John xvi. 14, this would be to rob Christ of liis slory; for t,, hirn personallv all our salvation is ascribed, Rev. i. 5. Nor can rue *orship (iorl aright, until we are enlightened to apprehend the uffice rvhich the Scriptures asjign to rhe Tlrir.d Fr:rson of the Holy 'frinity, the work of the HoIy Ghost is in regeneration, ancl in cunversion, John iii. 3; hy tire one a spiritual lacultv is cre-aterl in the soul. rvhich faculty being furthel slrotre upoir and oper,e,i to rei.eite the rruth ot' l-hrist, as set forth in tlre everlastiug <strong>Gospel</strong> ; it is lrereby that 0hrist is receivetl into the heart, Eph. iii. l7; the rniud is r.hen drarrn forih tos,ards him, and he is formed in every converted elect person, Gal. iv. l9 ; lre beeoures everlascingly precious to, us, I Pet. ii. 7; aud rve are at lensth lired on hirn as our preslnt hnd eternal all; the truth aDrl reality ot tlris. t'onsists and is coritained in orrr living rvlrolly out (,f ourselses, arrd on Christ as our complete salvation, Gal. ii, 90. A Ctrrisrian is a supernatural man, I Per. iii.4. As ri partaker of Ctrrist,he lives irr Christ, he Iives on Cirrisr, he helieves in Clrrisi. he tralks in Christ, Col. ii, 6; he glories in Christ, Gal, vi. 14; be triurnphs in Uhlist, 2 Cor. ii. 14 ; lre discards all confidenee in the flesh, Phil. iii. B; he has nothins to do rvith self-self eirher goorl or l,ad, is, in the vierv of rhe believer, ttre g'eaiest lnonster out of hell, Job xlii. C ; and tbis habitual renunciatiorr of selt, tauqht by the Holy Spirit, is rhe secret ot all the Saintslrrp that lras ever existed in iartli'or heaven; the true krrowledge of Ctrrist is (io,l,s appointed rnethod of puttinq dorvn-sin; arrd all who are unpossessed of tbat ilivine knorvledge, mriet, anri rvill, follow the bias of their d'pr"ved rrature ul) to tbe Iirnit rvhich G.d, in his h,rly rvisdom, may seasorratrlyinterpose orcler to check a sinner's mad career, Gen. xx, 6. .Everv hunrun l-riinE must lise in sin, either operr or secret, until the Holy Ghost reveals Cbrist, BZek. viii. 12, Gen. vi. 5 i nor is there a hair,s Itreadtlr of differerrce, as to their inherenf sinfulness, berween the vilesr sinner on eartlr, a'd the rtr.ictest professor of natural relieion. Sin has its sour.ce in the carnal rnind; and so long as tlrat defiled rnind shall remain unopDosed bv a spiritual plinciple, f it, i. 15, tbe sirrful crearure, hou;ever modifiect,irill shorv forrh his corruption,_and exhibir hirnself a profane 'fh_ese or a devout sinner, as the case may b.e. - tlrings contiuue unknuwn until Christ is preached, as the end of tlre larv for rightEousness to everv one that believeth. I hope, mvtiear friend, I shall ricver be allorved to clefeud ernrr eirlrer in mv.
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