The application of redemption

9. was alive without the Law. When he wanted the […] knowledge of himself, and of the Law of God, […] then imagined his condition was such, as those who had and led the life of Grace: But when the Law came, that the Lord by the Law discovered […] to himself, then indeed he did discern where he was, that sin was yet alive in him, that he was in a deadly and damnable condition: See the Point […] good in Five Particulars, wherein this security is expressed in the several degrees thereof.

9. was alive without the Law. When he wanted the 〈…〉 knowledge of himself, and of the Law of God, 〈…〉 then imagined his condition was such, as those who had and led the life of Grace: But when the Law came, that the Lord by the Law discovered 〈…〉 to himself, then indeed he did discern where he was, that sin was yet alive in him, that he was in a deadly and damnable condition: See the Point 〈…〉 good in Five Particulars, wherein this security is expressed in the several degrees thereof.

A Natural […] before the Lord come to seize upon §1him, he sees no danger in his estate, and therefore will not suffer himself to be persuaded to any such […], what can be said to evict it by the most […] Arguments to win his assent thereunto; so it was with them in the old world. Mat. 24. 38. they […] and gave in marriage, they did eat and drink, and took up themselves in the eager pursuit […] these present pleasing contentments, which […] with our Natural hearts, but knew nothing either of the […] of their own sins, or the heaviness of the plagues decreed and threatened: Hence this Security is in Scripture compared to a dead sleep, Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from the dead, and Christ shall give thee life, Eph. 5. 14. In a sleep, we know if it fall heavy upon any, he sees no dangers nor enemies though he was in the midst