The oeconomy of sin : wherein are explain'd, its possibility, its futurition, its nature, its event and effects, both in angels and in manAnd wherein also is demonstrated and maintain'd the truth of original sin . ndu6r, and refignedit fclf up to the Will of its Maker, God took thenceand made of it VeJJels of Grace, in them to ma\eknown the Riches of his Glory which he had prepared forthem. (Ver. 14, &c.) And they, this faithful part of theMafs of Abraham which is the Matter of the Veflelsthat God calls and makes to his Glory, are not Jewsonly that are born of Abraham naturally ; but alfi fuch
The oeconomy of sin : wherein are explain'd, its possibility, its futurition, its nature, its event and effects, both in angels and in manAnd wherein also is demonstrated and maintain'd the truth of original sin . ndu6r, and refignedit fclf up to the Will of its Maker, God took thenceand made of it VeJJels of Grace, in them to ma\eknown the Riches of his Glory which he had prepared forthem. (Ver. 14, &c.) And they, this faithful part of theMafs of Abraham which is the Matter of the Veflelsthat God calls and makes to his Glory, are not Jewsonly that are born of Abraham naturally ; but alfi fuchamong the Heathen that refign themfelves up to theSpirit of Faith and Humility of Abraham and Jacob,And all this God had foretold by the Prophets, by Ho-fea, and by Ifaiah, and the fundamental Reafbn of thiswhole Procedure, is, becaufe the Jews fought afteri\ighteoufhefs by the way of their own PVorkj, which pufcthem up with Pride and mads them ftumble againji theHumility of Jefus Cbrift, who is a i\ocl^ of Offence tothe Proud, and to all fuch as being full of themfelves,find nothing more intolerable than the Word of ourSaviour, Come unto mey and learn of me, for I am meel^and lowly in Heart. 2 Jo AnExplication of theTenth and Eleventh Chapters » ?• ??» ii ?? ? I. » CHAP. XVIL Reflexions Upon the Tenth and Eleventh Chap,ters, and on the reft of the Epifile to theRomans. O we on with our Reflexions on the re-maining part of this Epifile of our Apo-ftle, as we (hall have Occafion from thePropofitions we have formed out of ic asan Abridgment of the Righ- Ai. LJropojition is this. The Bjghteoufnefs of God is notteoufnefs oft/d to the Letter of the Law, nor to external Things, bit toGod is af- Jefm Chrift, who is the inward Light, Voice and Word in£x d t0 ?m the Hearts of all Men (a) who is the ^ex- This Proportion contains the principal Mat-Inward * ter °^ l^s Chapter, of which I have but little to fay,Word Voice an4 tnat on^y to ^lew tne coherence of ic
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