IV. The blessings conveyed by these

means.
The Use of Saving KnvwUdgt.
\. For convincing of sin by the law.
2. Of righteousness by the law.
3. Of judgment by the law.
4. For convincing of sin, righte-
ousness, and judgment by the
gospel. Of righteousness to be had only
by faith in Christ. For strengthening a man's faith,
&c.
IVarrantt and Motives to Believe*
1. God*s hearty invitation.
2. Hi» earnest request to be recon- ciled.
3. His coramand,.chargIng all to be- lieve.
4. Much assurance of life given to believers, &c.
Evidences of true Faith.
1 . Conviction of the believer's obli- gation to keep the moral law.
2. That the believer practise the rules of godliness and righteous- ness.
3. That obedience to the law run in the right channel of faith in Christ.
4. The keeping of strait communion with Christ the fountain of all grace and good works.
For strengthening the believer in faith and obedience, by these evidences.
SUM OF SAVING KNOWLEDGE, &c.
The Sum of Saving Knotvledge may be taken ufi in these four heads: 1. The •woeful condition "wherein all men ate by nature^ through breaking of the cove» nant of "works. 2. The remedy provided for the elect in Jesus Christ by the covenant of grace. 3. The means appointed to make them partakers of this covenant. 4. The blessings -which are effectually conveyed unto the elect by these means.-— IVhich four heads are set down each of them in some few prO' positions.
HEAD I.
Our woeful condition hy nature^ through breaking the cove- nant of works. Hos. xiii. 9. O Israel, thou hast de- stroyed thyself.
1. T^HE ahnighty and eternal God, the Father, the Son, -^ and the Holy Ghost, three distinct persons in the one and the same undivided Godhead, equally infinite in all perfections, did, before time, most wisely decree, for bis own glory, whatsoever cometh to pass in time ; and
doth
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doth most holily and infallibly execute all his decrees, without being partaker of the sin of any creature.