684 Ofthe SE N n 1N G Ser;;;;;:;, Heb: 89 inthenewleague(orCovenant) ~uverto6ealtered; astheformer was.~ EpheC •·''''9· be, andyet jfr•ngers lhll : Nay • no ftrangers,but natNratlzzednow, and•[the ~,we mon-wealthof Ifrael. 3 And, that may we be too, and yetfommersrhou h m. liphef. u 9. nocztzum; without the Prancbife: Yes,3 now enfranchifed~lfo, andm 1 zg 'ant Ephcr.'·'9· theSamts. ~Well, though oftheCitie; not ofthefamilie though: Yes .;ns~t D•t, ofHisvcryHoujhold,now. 5 OfHisHoUfbold.?fowemay,a~dye:b'b" Iohn 8 ·!5· fervantsrhcre: Nay, 5 no fervants now,but Soones,by venue ofthisTu es Frlu,/ 5 Ut Gal.s. 7 • many degrees doewe palfe, yer we come to this Fzluu. Goe forward now. ; All Gcn 9·•1· formes are not beloved, chamwas not; Sonnes and6tlovedSonncs, a new degree aft 1 And yet againe, all we love, we take not pleafurein. Even belD'Ved Sonnes '0~x~ Chap.tf.>O. fom<;.time,and foplea(enot. The Father (in the XV.chapterafter)lovedhis~rld 0 tom {onne,but toowell ;yet,fmallpleafuretookehe,in him, or his courfes. Bute;"· placztum eft (the fevenrh) that makes up all: a{on, abdovetiSonne,hisFathers dtii h; and joy; there isnod~gree higher. And fuchare we, by IJttptifme, made to Go!in Cbrift, throughtherenewingo{the Holy Gh41. The eh'";~ of Filii. This is a new Tenour now stheold Hile is altered. TheVoice, thatcame ~~;.:;,~f, Jafifrom ~eaven brfore,ranthus; EgojitmDo M zNu s, a~dthatinferres,ruuser. Ex~d.••·•· 'lltH(thaus the belt, that can be made of1t.) But here now, Ir1sTr<es Fili~<~,andthat Gal. f .5- . ,.cor. f. 17! Rom. f.z.. necc:lfarily inferres, Egv{11111 Pater: For h.<c v1x Patrem (onat, this isaFat/, 171 " 0 · to his Child. A great Change: Even, from the ftate of[ervants (as by creati•na~d generAtionwe were ;and fo !hll,under the /aw)into the ~areofSonnes, as now weare, peingnew CreAtures mChri.ft, regenerAteand tranflated mto the Hate ofGrace,where· mweftand. · The rife from And not ondy a grearchangt, but agreat Rife alfo. At the lirfr,wewmbur 1114 : 'i,//,~~"'0'" jbed (romaur jinnes, (therewas all:) but here, from abaptizedjinmr, roan ado;ted Senne, is a great afcent. He came nor downe, fo low; but we goeup, as high forit.' G•l.f-7. For, ifSonnes,thenHeires (faith the ApoHle)fogoes the tenour inhea'Cien: Heires:md 1\om, 8 ·' 7 • joynt heim ofheaven, with ehrift, (that is) for the polfeffion and fruit ofit, full every :kom. 8.ts. 9al,s-s, way as Himfelfe :andthis He brings us to, before He leaves us. · We fpeake much ofadoption : would you know, when it was, where,andbywhat words~ Why, now; Hc;reitis: Thefe, the very<tdo;tingwords; bythem,rheal! ofadoption, aCtually executed. This,the very Feaft ofAdoption. A feaft therefore, to beheld in high account with us; as high as we hold this,(to be thedoptedchildrm ofGoo.) 1 wh•"' 1 , 111 Bur we mufi remember, nor onely what we are, but inqt~a, all this :to whomwe :.apteaftd. . owe it all (that is) to chrijl(the true narurall Son.) InHim it is,and out of Him, ie • - pro~eeds to come to us. 1 ;; ,.,.,,.more TheFa[hers do ponder this(Inquo)to.good purpofe: that it is not, ~p!mt,_Wh6 rhan ,.;,b · pleafes mewell.,or(whichis all one) With whom, Jam wellplctt{ed: (yet foHetmght ,.,,... hav,e faid) but In rvpol?{, And,thatis more,than both. Whoplcafet me,orWith whom t amplea{ed, goetfu no furtherthan himfelfc,His owne Per[on: But,In rvhom,(tham) for whofe fake,with others. To whom, I bearcfuchfavour, as notoodyHtm{eife pleafeth me: bqt in Him, andfor Him, othersplea(e •malfo. . . Jl'bo,or"ith Againe: Ifit had beene, .f0i, it had lhewed, but what, 6y nAtureHets:_Butthts wh,,H" •.•· Inqtlo, lhewethto what end, Hewasfenr; to be, the In qtto, tobnngallthtsabout; ,.,..: ."' Even, that in-Him(theSonne belovedandwellpleafing: )we,t_hat neither weref.nneld, Inwbon· HJS • f: {i b · · ' N r ' d b fill 1 ly ·an end••, l?utj ervants, (andtho e_ utbadones neither:) oru«oNe, ut~ uoove .· d in whom no pleqfurt at all, difileajim rather : that, in Him wemtght berecewe to grace, and made by ttdoptib!l, .what He Himfelfe is. '"..,boil> ben The In tjtlo? what we are inHim; welhall bell: conceive, bythejimquo, wharwd fccne by,.ir{J- arewztborlt llzm• . Fprfine quo, but that Hce, wzth the People; none ofall tbcfe, ~ad ;~~~h',''i - come to them. Hea"vmjbut fli/1 : no Dovefeme: NoTu es Filim everhm1: we ~ 'Sam. r~x4. rotteda1vay in ourjimmwithout bApti(me: rhe.evi/1!Jirit had fcafedon us, m~:,d M:l<.>f.Jo. the Holy Ghoff: No Sormes, but c'!ftout, with theevi/Lfervanl, intoutterdarknelle._ _ .,, . Bl)tlnquo, GoD fohighiywellpleafedwith Him, as, attheverycontemplatt~f
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