15, Poltle) God pave the Imheritance to Abraham by Promiſe 3 he of his iree Love ingaging himſelf thereunto.
_ t9 Wherefore then ſerver the law 5s? * it was 4 added becauſe of tranſgreſſions 7, till the ſeed ſhould _ Come, to whom the promiſe was made *, and it was a 7,” ordained by angels w in the kand * of a mediator x.
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EC - 5 50me might ſay, to what purpoſe was the Law given? as if "+ 1.012re could be no ule of it unle(s it were available to Juſtification. * 2 was (laith the Apoſtle) given after the Promiſe, not to ſup-
Many other Senſes are given, but the firſt mentioned ſeemeth the moit probable, viz. That God made uſe of no Mediator in giving the Promiſe, but only in giving the Law, which evidenced that Juſtification was not only to be by it; nor had there been need of a true Mediator under the Goſpel, but for the Law ; Men's Tranſ- greſhon of which brought in a need of a Mediator ; which pro- ved that Juſtification could not be by the Law.
21 1s the law then againſt the promiſes of God ? God forbid z; for if there had heen a law given which could have given life a, verily righteouſneſs ſhould have been by the law b.
2 Tho! it be thus, yet there is no ſuch oppoſition betwixt the Law and the Promiſes, as that either of them make the other uſe- leſs. Far be it from me*{ ſaith the Apofile ) to aſſert any ſuch
'thing ! they are not contrary to one another, but ſubſervient to
on2 another. a Fcr if there had been « Law, which could by our perfect performance of it, have given us 4 Kighreouſneſs, wherein we might hare ftcod Righteous before God : 5 Then Zighreonſireſs ſhould have been by the Law ;, then Men might have hoped to have been juſtified and accepted of God by and tor juch Obzdience then indeed the Law had been againft the Promiſes, they hold- ing forth ancther Righteouſneſs, viz. the Righteonſhels of God from Faith to Faith.
22 But the ſcripture * hath concluded all under *Rom.: 1. fin c, that the promiſe by faith of Jeſus Chriſt might 32:
be given to them that believe 7.
c It pleaſed Cod to give a Law, which if 44: had continued in his eſtate of Tnnocence, might have given Lite 3 God contidering Man in his lapſed State, that now 1s not poſſible, Rom. 3. 10. There is none Righteo, 10 not one, and Fpi. 2. 3. Ie are all Chillren of Wrath, 4d. That the promiſes of Lite and Salvation might be gi- ven to thoſe, who according to the new Covenant of the Goſpel, {hould receive and accept of the Mediator, and the terms of Salvation which God offers to us in the Goſpel ; where theſe Promiſes are exhi- bited upon condition of Believing. Tho' upon our firſt refleion upon it, it may ſeem ſtrange to us, that God having in his Lterral Counſels fixed the Salvation of Man upon a Covenant of Grace, and his believing in Jeſus Chrift, ſhould in time firft propound a Covenant of Works, do thz £4 live; yet upon our ſecond thoughts, this will appear neccffary ; fer till Man was a Tran'greifor by break- ing the Law, and viglating the firſt Covenant, there was no room for a Mediator ; no cauſe tor Men's applying themſelves to a Medi- ator. God therefore firſt gave out the Covenant of Werks, and ſuf- fered Man to break it; and then he revealed the Mediator to lap- ſed Man, that fo they who ſhould believe in him mizht obtain the Promiſe of Lite, to which by the tall they had torteited their right. : :
23 But b2fore faith came e, we were kept under the law f, ſhunt up unto the faith watt ſtould atierward be revealed p.
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