The application of redemption

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Adam by his transgression coming in opposition to his Holy and Righteous Will, by the strength of his infinite Justice the Lord pushed him away from him, and delivered him wholly unto the […] and authority of his Apostasies and distempers of ⟨p. 320⟩his Spirit: As if he had said, Thou wilt not be guided by my Wisdom, but hast followed the temptation of Satan, and thy own device; be thou for ever therefore deluded, and blinded; take him Ignorance and Folly, and take possession of him for ever: Thou wilt not be Ruled and Governed by my Holy and Just Will, be thou for ever therefore perverted, and led captive, by the way ward stubbornness and Rebellion of thine own Will, take him perverseness and stiffness of Spirit, and take possession of him for ever: Thus Sin comes armed with Commission from Divine Justice, to do what it will, and wholly to captivate the soul unto it self: Thus it is said,¹ God made man right, fitted for himself and his righteous Will, and ready to be acted by it; and while he had gone under the stream of his Providence, he should have hit the right way, and arrived at the right end. But he found out many inventions, He would not follow Gods invention and the way that he had found out, that he might have found rest and peace in himself, for peace shall be upon all those that walk according to this Rule, Gal. 6. 16. But he found out many findings, ways of his own fancying, and finding; and God fills him full of these findings and devices of his; and hence it is that each man is led by his own self-deluding spirit to his own end.

Adam by his transgression coming in opposition to his Holy and Righteous Will, by the strength of his infinite Justice the Lord pushed him away from him, and delivered him wholly unto the 〈…〉 and authority of his Apostacies and distempers of