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J5a God tlje Fathert alonemfnidifaihed. Partlr.<br />
ordained by God to procure Gods mcrcifull pardon and forgivcnclsto<br />
poor believing finners, by which means only firinersarc<br />
made finkfs; that is to fay, juftand righteous in Gods fight.<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> burnt <strong>of</strong>ferings (which alfo wcrefacrirtccs<strong>of</strong> Aconcmcnt^<br />
were ordained by God to procure h s favorable acceptation<br />
toward*, poor believing fiiuicrsj by receiving tliem into (pecial favour<br />
as adopted fons.<br />
Iwiil begin with the fir l1 principall tfTd <strong>of</strong> the mediators facrirtcc<br />
or atonement in procuring the Fath^'r<br />
. atoi^tfmcnt- and that<br />
v%Cj9iis rejl andplQeet content in the meJiatoryand in his mediatcrif'ri<br />
r.'irh'r iii<br />
;,''L '/',. '^U^c^'fic-^ nothing in the whole world can be found wlicrein<br />
r-i- ivtiipbi'i ^ *^ ^^'^ ^^ '^"^ ^° ^*^^' untill he did iiift reli in v C mediator, and<br />
^"'^'^ mcdiatoriali facrifice: God cannot bi faid to reft neither in<br />
*rp,oTh;S'<br />
in8TRU«cM';dia' ^''C creation,i.or in the tirfi K venth day afrfer the creatioujuntili he<br />
f"'-<br />
fouuvi rcf^ in the in:dia:or;inall things the mediator mufi have<br />
rhc preheminence j Col. i . 1 7, 1 8 > 1 9 . in the fixt day <strong>of</strong> the creatii)"ijds<br />
foon asGod had made man and wjman at:cr his own image,<br />
(H'dfaW'tvtrj thin that he had madej andloit "^'os very gtod^<br />
Cr«. 1.51. but prejcntly after Satan by his fubiil head- plot did<br />
draw them both into the (in <strong>of</strong> difobedient eating, whereby they<br />
became dead in corrupt and finfull qualities, and io the glory <strong>of</strong> all<br />
Go Js creation was fpoilcJ;and then God wa> difplcafedjgricved^and<br />
buithencd with their hn,& the evil confequcncc <strong>of</strong> it: (for al fin is a<br />
gricruws bmrdcn toGodj/fwo/ 2.i5,£/".i.i4.Co/.2-i5.}And in this<br />
icgard God could not reft neither in the woiks <strong>of</strong>tliccreation,nor<br />
in the tirft fcventh day, until ot his great mercy he had manifcfted<br />
his fccret counfcU from eternity, which was to perfed his creation<br />
by the mediator.- and for the etfeding <strong>of</strong> this thinj; to Adam,Co^<br />
was pleafcd to conrincee^^i/'iw<strong>of</strong>his fin, and thereby made hiiii<br />
fee his miferablc l<strong>of</strong>t condition; and then he was pieafed to promile<br />
unto him that the feed <strong>of</strong> the woman Jhett/d break, the devils<br />
head flot :& he did alfo teach him the manner how the feed <strong>of</strong> the<br />
woman ftiould break the devils head plotjiiamiy by teaching him<br />
how to <strong>of</strong>fer a Larab'in racririce,as a type <strong>of</strong> that facrifice <strong>of</strong> Atonement<br />
whichChrift the Lamb <strong>of</strong> God (hould one day make in the<br />
rullncf <strong>of</strong> rime (for he was typically flain from the beginning <strong>of</strong><br />
*fte worldjAVt/. 13. 8<br />
All rhis<br />
was done upon the fixt day, and then God rcftedthc<br />
feventh
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