Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

V pRIG HT NE s. . 18~1 mutuaJl,they mufibe berweenetwo parties, and remember, .that thou put thyfeale tOit, that thou · renew with God the Covenant,. that thou haft : ·madeto t ·ewalke b.efore:himperftc1ly. Now, the end ofthe Sacrament,. is to rememberthis, Doe tbi.r, fayth Chrijl·in remrmtranceofm-e; As if he 1 fhould fay, youwill be ever and anon readie to .forgetthis·Covenant ~J Another poim,thai: I defire to obferue,before I come to handle the maine,is from thefe words, i1lalke bcforeme,&c.Itis·ametaphor I findevety frequently vfed in Scripture, and therefore we , will not paffe it over, w;rlke before me, and6e thon, · j{erfeEf. Whence we will therefore obferue, that -· There is agreat fimilitt~dihetweene ttCI/rijlianr Ac~~~~ns lije,and·walkingfromplace toplace~ life-like a walk'e.- 1.find not any·metaphor-in the Scriptures vfed more frequently, ... and therefore it fhould teach ·· us fome thing:for ametaphor, you know,is but a . . litnilitude that is contracted to oneword,it isbut adho~tftmilitudefolded vpina word,and fame– what is to be taught vs; fome refemb1ance there is that we willlahourto cxpreffe,and-rnake fome · ihort vfe ofir.. . When theLordfayth to 'AI;raham; 1am~lA!!:..'. foffiCien_t; tberfore,walkeperft8lybefore me,itis.– a' ifhe had fayd, A!Jrahttm;I\Ueaneto ·be agood : ·Mafl:ertothee, J meaneto giue.thee fufficienr,. wages, thou fbaltwant nothing thou needefr; , • now be rhoucarefuUto~o ~hy.werke,. he noti. die, J ! I

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