Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Moses at his dying day had all his strength and vigour, so have sin and the Law to all out of Jesus; at their dying day, sin is no way decayed. Now next to the receiving of the Righteousness prepared for us, to know this, is the chiefest ⟨p. 112⟩part of our wisdom: to be truly acquainted with the principle of the dying of sin, to feel virtue and power flowing from the Cross of Christ to that purpose, to find sin crucified in us, as Christ was crucified for us, this is wisdom indeed, that is in him alone.

Moses at his dying day had all his strength and vigour, so have sinne and the Law to all out of Jesus; at their dying day, sinne is no way decayed. Now next to the receiving of the Righteousnesse prepared for us, to know this, is the cheifest ⟨p. 112⟩part of our wisdome: to be truely acquainted with the principle of the dying of sinne, to feele vertue and power flowing from the Crosse of Christ to that purpose, to find sinne crucifyed in us, as Christ was crucifyed for us, this is wisedome indeed, that is in him alone.

4. There is a glorious end whereunto sin is appointed, and ordained, and discovered in Christ, that others are unacquainted §. 30 withal Sin in its own nature tends merely to the dishonour of God; the debasement of his Majesty, and the ruin of the creature in whom it is; Hell it self is but the filling of wretched creatures, with the ^bfruit of their own devises. The Comminations and threats of God in the Law, do manifest one other end of it, even the Demonstration of the Vindictive Justice of God in measuring out unto it a meet ^crecompense of reward. But here the Law stays (and with it all other light) and discovers no other use or end of it at all. In the Lord Jesus there is the manifestation of an other, and more glorious end; to wit, the praise of Gods Glorious