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 this righteouſneſs. And here I will very briefly ſhew 1ſt, what evil it exalts him above, 2dly What happineſs and dignity it exalts him to.

Firſt, What evil it exalts him above.

Ist. It exalts him above the law as a covenant of yea, above both the commanding and condemning power of that covenant. Ye are not under the law, ſays the apoſtle, but under grace. Rom. vi. 14. And if they are not under it, it follows that they are exalted above it. Indeed, they are not, and cannot be above it as a rule of duty: no creature can be diſpenſed from the obligation of obedience to the laws of the great Creator; And the believer in a peculiar manner is bound to obey the law of a Creator, in the hand of a Mediator: But conſidering the law as a covenant of works, demanding the debt of obedience as a condition of life, or threatning eternal wrath in caſe of diſobedience, the believer is indeed exalted above it by the righteouſneſs of Chriſt: and if the law at any time attempt to bring the believer in bondage to it, he is to ſtand faſt in the liberty wherewith Chriſt hath made him free. The bond-woman Hagar, with her offspring of legal fears and terrors, are cast out by faith in the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, Gal. iv. 30. If a believer in Chriſt ſhall hear the thunderings and curſes of mount Ebel,Ebal, [sic] or Sinai, he has no reaſon to be affrighted; for Chriſt by his righteouſneſs hath redeemed him from the curſe of the law. Thou art not come to the mount that burned with fire or blackneſs, and darkneſs, and tempest; but thou art come to mount Zion, and to Jeſus the Mediator