2. He showeth to the soul the nature and condition of the Law, as to its dealing with, or for bearing of the sinner, that hath sinned against it: which is to pass an eternal curse upon both soul and body, of the party so offending, saying to him, Cursed be the man, that continueth not in every thing that is written in the book of the Law to do it: for saith the Law, this is my proper work. First, to show thee thy sins, and when I have done that, then in the next place to condemn thee for them, and that without all remedy, as from me, or any thing within my bounds; for I am not to save any, to pardon any, nay, not to favour any in the least thing that have sinned against me: for God did not send me to make alive, but to discover sin, and to condemn for the same. Now so soon as this is presented to the conscience, in the next place, the Law also by this Law doth show that now there is no righteous act, according to the tenor of that Covenant, that can reprieve him, or take him off from all this horror and curse that lies upon him; because that is not an administration of pardon (as I said before) to forgive the sin; but an ⟨p. 192⟩administration of damnation, because of transgression. O the very discovery of this, striketh the soul into a deadly swoon, even above half dead. But when God doth do the work indeed; he doth in the next place show the soul that he is the man that is eternally under this Covenant by nature, and that it is thee that hath sinned against this Law, and doth by right deserve the curse and displeasure of the same; and that all that ever he can do will not give satisfaction to that glorious justice that did give this Law; holy actions, tears of blood, selling all, and giving i• to the poor, or whatever else can be done by thee, it comes all short, and is all to no purpose (Phil. 3.) I'll warrant him, he that seeth this, it will kill him to that which he was alive unto before, though he had a thousand lives. Ah sinners, sinners, were you but sensible indeed of the severity and truth of this, it would make you look about you to purpose. O how would it make you strive to stop at that […] that now you drink down with delight? How many Oaths would it make you bite asunder? nay, it would make you bite your tongues, to think that they should be used as instruments of the Devil, to bring your souls into such an unspeakable misery;
2. He sheweth to the soul the nature and condition of the Law, as to its dealing with, or for bearing of the sinner, that hath sinned against it: which is to pass an eternal curse upon both soul and body, of the party so offending, saying to him, Cursed be the man, that continueth not in every thing that is written in the book of the Law to do it: for saith the Law, this is my proper work. First, to shew thee thy sins, and when I have done that, then in the next place to condemn thee for them, and that without all remedy, as from me, or any thing within my bounds; for I am not to save any, to pardon any, nay, not to favour any in the least thing that have sinned against me: for God did not send me to make alive, but to discover sin, and to condemn for the same. Now so soon as this is presented to the conscience, in the next place, the Law also by this Law doth shew that now there is no righteous act, according to the tenor of that Covenant, that can replieve him, or take him off from all this horrour and curse that lies upon him; because that is not an administration of pardon (as I said before) to forgive the sin; but an ⟨p. 192⟩administration of damnation, because of transgression. O the very discovery of this, striketh the soul into a deadly swoun, even above half dead. But when God doth do the work indeed; he doth in the next place shew the soul that he is the man that is eternally under this Covenant by nature, and that it is thee that hath sinned against this Law, and doth by right deserve the curse and displeasure of the same; and that all that ever he can do will not give satisfaction to that glorious justice that did give this Law; holy actions, tears of blood, selling all, and giving i• to the poor, or whatever else can be done by thee, it comes all short, and is all to no purpose (Phil. 3.) I'll warrant him, he that seeth this, it will kill him to that which he was alive unto before, though he had a thousand lives. Ah sinners, sinners, were you but sensible indeed of the severity and truth of this, it would make you look about you to purpose. O how would it make you strive to stop at that 〈…〉 that now you drink down with delight? How many Oaths would it make you bite asunder? nay, it would make you bite your tongues, to think that they should be used as instruments of the Devil, to bring your souls into such an unspeakable misery;
