A medium betwixt two extremes wherein it is proved that the whole first Adam…

(1) Then the Moral Law is abrogated, besides the falseness of the Doctrine it self; for it is impossible that should cease to be our duty to love God with all our Hearts and Souls. What advantage brings in Christ's Death, to abrogate one perfecting Law, and establish another? here is little Gospel. A second difficulty, i. e. we must either say Christ has purchased to us pardon for Sins against the Gospel Law, or none at all but that one Sin of Adam's, if the Moral Law be abrogated; after the fall we never sinned against any Law but the Gospel, for we were under no other Law according ⟨p. 52⟩to him, &c. Thus Mr. Cross ▪ Is not much of our Obedience under the Gospel, Obedience to the Moral Law? Nay, is not the Moral Law the Rule of all our Obedience to God in all positive Gospel-precepts?

Reader, This mild Law of theirs they say requires sincere Obedience as the condition of Justification; now there is no sincere Obedience without it be universal, &c. how then may this fill a poor Christian with terror, and slavish Fear? I do all I hope sincerely, but I may not obey universally, some Precept through ignorance I may lie short of; I can't tell when my Obedience is full: Also according to them I can be but partially justified in this Life, and therefore I am partially condemned: and thus the Creature hangs till Death, between Heaven and Hell.

Ah poor England, poor Church of God, where are thy brave old Heroes, that stood up to maintain the Truths of Christ? What Apostasy is here from the Orthodox Faith? what decay of doctrinal and practical Christianity? what dark Clouds spread over our Heavens? How are many fallen from the Faith? But I must leave Mr. Clark to an abler Pen, I designed no more than to make a few Remarks to provoke some others to reply to the Argumentative part of his Book, which I see no great difficulty to answer. Now that the Lord would scatter this Cloud, and all other dangerous Errors, let it be all our Prayers both Day and Night. Yet I doubt not but the present opposition against this Fundamental Point of Faith will cause the Truth in the end to shine more clear and bright, which the Lord grant in his Infinite Mercy, to the praise of his own Glory. Amen.