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A medium betwixt two extremes wherein it is proved that the whole first Adam…
A medium betwixt two extremes wherein it is proved that the whole first Adam was condemned and the whole second Adam justified : being a sermon lately preached on Rom. 8:1 and now published to prevent the further controversy (in one main point) about justification : to which are added reflections on some passages in Mr. Clark's new book called Scripture-Justification / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for Andrew Bell, 1698
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Thirdly, All Men before Grace and Union with Jesus Christ are in a State of Condemnation, because they are all under the Covenant of Works; and if all Unbelievers are under the Covenant of Works, then they are under Guilt and Wrath. Now we know that whatsoever the Law saith, it saith to them who are under Law, 1that every mouth might be stopped, and all the World may become guilty before God; that is, obnoxious to God's just Judgment and Condemnation. Christ is the end of the Law to every one that believeth: Not to any other,2 not to any one that believeth not. If Believers only are in the new Covenant or Covenant of Grace, then all that are in a state of Unbelief are in the Covenant of Works, and so under the Curse and Condemnation of the Law: For all must be in one or the other Covenant, and in the first or second Adam.
Brethren, the Sentence of the Law lies upon the Elect before they are in Christ; tho Christ hath received their Discharge for ⟨p. 16⟩them, yet in their own Persons they are not acquitted. Sirs, Christ came only to redeem them that were under the Law, and the Curse thereof: And now if the Elect were not under the Law, and the Curse, who were they that he came to redeem? it appears they were not the Elect (by this strange Notion) nor indeed if it be, as some hint, the Elect had no need of Redemption; for if not under Guilt, Wrath, and Condemnation, what Redemption did they need?1