B10086:65
The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ
The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard ...
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1687
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PROPOSITION, IV.
The Covenant of Works does require Obedience, only as the condition of life: there are several other Obligations upon us unto Obedience: some antecedent to the covenant of works, as the infinite excellency of God: the work of Creation: some of them consequent as the dying love of Christ; Gods giving converting Grace, and many the like, but the covenant of works requires it only as a condition of life; and hence tho the covenant of works be fulfilled for us by Jesus Christ, so that there is no engagement on us to perfect obedience, as it is a condition of life; yet those antecedent obligations do remain upon, and we owe obedience still as a natural due, Psal. 95.6. that primitive obligation as we are creatures will lie upon us for ever, besides those other obligations that God has laid upon us since.
The Covenant of Works does require Obedience, only as the condition of life: there are several other Obligations upon us unto Obedience: some antecedent to the covenant of works, as the infinite excellency of God: the work of Creation: some of them consequent as the dying love of Christ; Gods giving converting Grace, and many the like, but the covenant of works requires it only as a condition of life; and hence tho the covenant of works be fulfilled for us by Jesus Christ, so that there is no engagement on us to perfect obedience, as it is a condition of life; yet those antecedent obligations do remain upon, and we ow obedience still as a natural due, Psal. 95.6. that primitive obligation as we are creatures will ly upon us for ever, besides those other obligations that God has laid upon us since.