The application of redemption

The Law and Command was given to Adam in innocency, §2and to thee in him, to Husband all advantages, and to lay out thy self in all thy sufficiencies to advance Gods Name, and to do his will; to love him, and serve him with all thy mind, and with all thy might; […], 22. 37. How ever thou beest changed, yet the Law is not changed; however thy ability is not the same, by reason of […] wound thou hast taken by original corruption, yet thy Duty is the same to this day. Gods will is done in Heaven, and should be done in Earth. The Debtor that borrows the money, and stands bound to the Creditor to answer the Debt, though his state alter, and he be impoverished, and made unable to pay, yet his Bond for payment continues in full force against him, and he will be constrained to make it good.

The Law and Command was given to Adam in innocency, §2and to thee in him, to Husband all advantages, and to lay out thy self in all thy sufficiencies to advance Gods Name, and to do his will; to love him, and serve him with all thy mind, and with all thy might; 〈…〉, 22. 37. How ever thou beest changed, yet the Law is not changed; however thy ability is not the same, by reason of 〈…〉 wound thou hast taken by original corruption, yet thy Duty is the same to this day. Gods will is done in Heaven, and should be done in Earth. The Debtor that borrows the money, and stands bound to the Creditor to answer the Debt, though his state alter, and he be impoverished, and made unable to pay, yet his Bond for payment continues in full force against him, and he will be constrained to make it good.

Though all that thou canst do, can neither prepare §3thee for Grace, nor purchase Grace for thy self, yet the means through Divine Institution are mighty; God by them can work effectually, and if it seem good to 'his good pleasure, he will; wait upon him only for that good thou wantest, from whom only it can be received. As the Lepers in the time of the Famine resolved to try what might be done by others for their safety, who could do nothing for themselves. That is Gods way and means; try what God will do, in whose pleasure it is to give, or deny. I might ad what Divines speak, and seasonable […] to the Point in hand. While thou art endeavouring as thou canst, it lessens thy sin, and prevents further plagues, unto which thou wilt be subject, through Gods just Judgment, and thine own just deserving. Ahab's […] humiliation, prevented the […] plague, though it did not free him from the eternal,