(41) that Profeflion which íhould help to mortifie his Sin : His Religion is, to be underftandingly and fincerelyde- voted in the Sacramental Covenant to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft ; renouncing the Vanities of the World, the Luffs oftheFlefh, and the Delufions of the Devil: He believeth that all that truly confent to this Covenant, have a right, andpart, in, and to, the Love of God the Father, the Grace oftheSon, and the Commu- nion ofthe HolyChof;and that he that hath theSon hath Life, Pardon, Adoption, Juffification, and Right to Life Eternal - and that this Right is continued, he per- forming his Covenant, and continuing in that Faith which worketh byLove, and not living impenitently in fin, but fincerelyobeying Godhis Father, Saviour, and Sanc ifier : He taketh the fear ofGods Juffice,and godly Sorrow, tobe but the lower (teps of Holineís; but that the Kingdom of God is ( not Meats and Days, but ) Righteoufnefs, Peace, and joy in the Holy Ghoft ; and that the Spirit of Chrift, without which none are his, is not the Spirit of Bondage, but of Power, Love, and a found Mind ; even a Spirit of holy L IFE, LIGHT, and LOVE, which are the Eflentials of true Holineís and the Spirit ofAdoption, and Supplication, caufeth us with Love to cry to God, and miff him as a Father : They take Chrift tobe the only Mediator between God and Man, whole fufficient Sacrifice for Sin, and perfed Righteoufnels, Habitual, Active, and Paf ive (as called ) advanced in dignity by the Divine Nature, is the Meri- torious caufe of all their Mercies toBody and Soul, Re tnißïon, Juffification, Holineís, and Glory : They put up all theirServices, as into, and by the Hand of Chrift ; and from his Mediatory Hand they expet all mercies They take the Holy Ghoff within them to be Chrift's
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