fin d, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of foul and body e. III. They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this fin was imputed f, and the fame death in fin and corrupted nature conveyed, of the Lord God, amongst the trees of the garden. Eccl. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have fought out many inventions. Rom. iii. 23. For all have finned and come fhort of the gloгу of God. d Gen. ii. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou fhalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eateft thereof, thou fhalt furely die. Eph. ii. 1. And you hath he quickped, who were dead in trefpaffes and fins. e Tit.i. 15. Unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure, but even their mind and confcience is defiled. Gen. vi. 5. And God faw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart, was only evil continually. Jer. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and defperately wicked, who can know it? Rom. iii. 10. As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one. v. II. There is none that understandeth, there is none that feeketh after God. v. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one. v. 13. Their throat is an open fepulchre; with their tongues they have ufed deceit; the poifon of afps is under their lips. v. 14. Whofe mouth is full of curfing and bitterness. v. 15. Their feet are fwift to fhed blood. v. 16. Deftruction and mifery are in their ways. v. 17. And the way of peace have they not known. 18. There is no fear of God before V. God created he him: male and female created he them. v. 28. And God bleffed them, and God faid unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and fubdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the fea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every liv.. ing thing that moveth upon the earth. And Gen. ii. 16. And the Lord God commanded the man, faying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayft freely eat. v. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eateft thereof, thou fhalt furely die. And Acts xvii. 26. And hath made of one blood, all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. With Rom. v. 12. Wherefore, as by one man fin entered into the world, and death by fin; and fo death paffed upon all men, for that all have finned. v. 15. But not as the offence, fo alfo is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jefus Chrift, hath abounded unto many. v. 16. And not as it was by one that finned, fo is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation; but the free gift is of many offences unto juftification. v. 17. For if by one mans offence, death reigned by one; much more they which receive abun dance of grace, and of the gift of righteoufnefs, fhall reign in life by one jefus Chrift, v. 18. Therefore as by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation: even fo by the righteouf, conveyed, to all their pofterity, defcending from them by ord nary generation g. IV. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly in difpofed, difabled, and made oppofite to all good h, and wholl inclined to all evil i, do proceed all actual tranfgreffions k. V. This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remai i righteoufnefs of one, the free gift came v. Pfalm li. 5. Behold, I was fhapen in iniquity and in fin did my mother conceive me. Gen. v. 3. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a fon in his own likenefs, after his image; and called his name Seth. Job. xiv. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Job XV. 14. What is man that he fhould be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? IV. h Rom. v. 6. For when we were yet without ftrength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom. viii. 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not fubject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Rom. vii. 18. For I know, that in me, (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is prefent with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not. Col. i. 21. And you that were fometine alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. i Gen. vi. 5. And God faw that th wickedness of man was great in th earth, and that every imagination c the thoughts of his heart, was onl evil continually. Gen. viii. 21. An the Lord fmelled a fweet favour, an the Lord faid in his heart, I will no again curfe the ground any more fo mans fake; for the imagination o mans heart is evil from his youth neither will I again fmite any more every thing living, as I have done Rom. iii. 10. As it is written, Ther is none righteous, no not one: v. II There is none that underftandeth, ther is none that feeketh after God. v. 12 They are all gone out of the way they are together become unprofitable there is none that doth good, no no one. k James i. 14. But every man i tempted, when he is drawn away o his own lult, and enticed. v. 15 Then when luft hath conceived, i bringeth forth fin: and fin when it is fi nifhed, bringeth forth death. Eph. ii 2. Wherein in time paft ye walked ac cording to the courfe of this world according to the prince of the powe of the air, the fpirit that now worketh in the children of difobedience. v. 3 Among whom alfo we all had ou converfation in times paft, in the luf of our flefh, fulfilling the defires o the flcfh, and of the mind; and wer by nature the children of wrath, eve as others. Mat. xv. 19. For out o the heart proceed evil thoughts, mur ders, adulteries, fornications, thefts falfe witnefs, blafphemies. V. / 1 Johi in those that are regenerated /: and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly fin m. VI. Every fin, both original and actual, being a tranfgreffion of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto n, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the finner o, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God p, and curfe of the law q, V. II John i. 8. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. v. 1o. If we fay that we have not finned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Rom. vii. 14. For we know that the law is fpiritual: but I am carnal, fold under fin. v. 17. Now then, it is no more I that do it, but fin that dwelleth in me. v. 18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is prefent with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not v. 23. But I fee another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin, which is in my members. James iii. 2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the fame is a perfect man, and able alfo to bridle the whole body. Prov. xx. 9. Who can fay, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my fin? Eccl. vii. 20. For there is not a juft man upon the earth that doth good and finneth uot. 122 Rom. vii. 5. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of fins which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. v. 7. What fhall we fay then? Is the law fin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known fin, but by the law: for I had not known luft, except the law had faid, Thou fhalt not covet. v. 3. But fin taking occafion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupifcence. For without the law fin was dead. v. 25. VI. 2 1 John iii. 4. Whofoever committeth fin, tranfgreffeth alfo the law, for fin is the tranfgreffion of the law. o Rom. ii. 15. Which fhew the work of the law written in their hearts, their confcience alfo bearing witnefs, and their thoughts the mean while accufing, or elfe excufing one another. Rom. iii. 9. What then? are we better than they? No, in no wife: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under fin. v. 19. Now we know, that what things foever the law faith, it faith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be ftopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. p Eph. ii. 3. Among whom alfo we all had our converfation in times paft, in the lufts of our flesh, fulfilling the defires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. and fo made fubject to death r, with all miferies fpiritual, temporal't, and eternal v. CHAP. VII. Of God's Covenant with Man. THE diftance between God and the creature is fo great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of him. as their bleffednefs and reward, but by fome voluntary condefcenfion on God's part, which he hath been pleased to exprefs by way of covenant a. II. The r Rom. vi. 23. For the wages of fin is death: but the gift of God is etermal life, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Eph. iv. 18. Having the underftanding darkned, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, becaufe of the blindnefs of their heart. t Rom. viii. 20. For the creature was made fubject to vanity, not willingly, but by reafon of him who hath fubjected the fame in hope. Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his fins? v Mat. xxv. 41. Then shall he fay alfo unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye curfed, into everlafting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 2 Theff. i. 9. Who fhall be punished with everlasting deftruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. I. a Ifa. xl. 13. Who hath directed the fpirit of the Lord? or being his counfeller hath taught him? v. 14. With whom took he counfel, and who inftructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and fhewed to him the way of understanding? v. 15. Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the ifles as a very little thing. v. 16. And Lebanon is not fufficient to burn, nor the beafts thereof fufficient for a burnt offering. v. 17. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lefs than nothing, and vanity. Job ix. 32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I fhould anfwer him, and we fhould come together in judgment. v. 33. Neither is there any days-man betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. I Sam. ii. 25. If one man fin against another, the judge fhall judge him: but if a man fin against the Lord, who fhall intreat for him? Pfal. cxiii. 5. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high? v. 6. Who humbleth himfelf to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth. Pfal. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladnefs: come before his prefence with finging. v. 3. Know ye that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us, and not we our felves: we are his people, and the fheep of his pafture. Job. xxii. 2. Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wife may be profitable unto himfelf? v. 3. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makeft thy ways perfect? Job xxxvii. 7. If thou be righteous, what giveft thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? v. 8. Thy wickedness may II. The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works b, wherein life was promifed to Adam, and in him to his pofterity c, upon condition of perfect and perfonal obedience d. III. Man by his fall having made himself uncapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleafed to make a fecond e, commonly called the Covenant of Grace: wherein he freely offereth unto finners life and falvation by Jefus Chrift, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be faved f; and promifing to give may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteoufnefs may profit the fon of man. Luke xvii. 10. So likewife ye, when ye fhall have done all thofe things which are commanded you, fay, We are unprofitable fervants: we have done that which was our duty to do. Acts. xvii. 24. God that made the world, and all things therein, feeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands: v. 25. Neither is worshipped with mens hands, as though he needed any thing, feeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. II. b Gal. iii. 12. And the law is not of faith; but, The man that doth them fhall live in them. c Rom. x. 5. For Mofes defcribeth the righteoufnefs which is of the law, that the man which doth thefe things fhall live by them. Rom. v. 12. to 20. (See chapter vi. Sect. 3. letter f.) d Gen. ii. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou fhalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou fhalt furely die. Gal, iii. 10. For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curfe for it is written, Curfed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them. III. e Gal. iii. 21. Is the law then against the promifes of God? God forbid ; for if there had been a law given, which could have given life, verily righteoufnefs fhould have been by the law. Rom. viii. 3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God fending his own Son in the likeness of finful flesh, and for fin condemned fin in the flesh. Rom. iii. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there fhall no flesh be juftified in his fight: for by the law is the knowledge of fin. v. 21. But now the righteoufnefs of God without the law is manifefted, being witneffed by the law and the prophets. Gen. iii. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed: it shall bruife thy head, and thou fhalt bruife his heel. Ifa. iv. 6. I the Loid have called thee in righteoufnefs, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. f Mark xvi. 15. And he faid unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gofpel to every creature. v. 16. He that believeth and is baptized, fhall be faved; but he that believeth not, fhall be damned. John iii. 16. For God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoever believeth in him, fhould not perish, but have everlafting life. Rom. x. 6. But the righteoufnefs which is of faith, fpeaketh on this wife, fay not in thine heart, who fhall afcend into heaven? (that is, to bring Chrift down from above.) v. 9. That |