' Part IV ~ ?47i1 j; 4"Brile; 377· that Are inj~JcJ/4 t~/e·,: )Cif happ]. is that people wbQ[e :GoJ is th~ .Lord, Pfal. I 44· 1 S~ . · ·. . _ N~ttttre doth not gtve.:·you fuch fecunty tha t the Snn foal! /hi~e, and that \he fir.eams !hall 'run, t?at the ean h fu~ll be frmtful, as the cev~nant &j the Lorddothgt~·e youof all that ts ne– cdfary to you IDppincfs. · Study therefore the mercies and rich'es of the co~enant. . ' Dir. 2. Vnderj}~tndlftnd remem~er th~t it u your Covenant-con ~ fent, that it u the condition-of J;~Hr title to all the folll}wing 6/effingl Df the C()'lJtn~nt.] · . · · . I add this-a sfuppoGng,you· W11l fay [Whttt are all thefehnefitJ · tome, 1111/tjs I wereft-Jr( that I Were indeed £n ·the Covenant? J It is , not ]"Hr merit, butyonr confcnt that is t equired : God offereth ' himfdf to be you r Reconciled Father;and Chrift to be your favi- · fJUr, and the Ho'ly Spirit to be •your fanClifier . . ·Do yo:U con(ent to this, or not ? All the qudtion . is w~eth~r you t~re ~illiHt, ? ' and whether your fin be not fo-['Weet to you, that you wlllrather venture your fouls on the wrathof God, ti:en·you will be fa ved , from it. If youheartily rxmf~nt;11ffuredlyyou are in ·the Cove· nant, and the , benefits are yours ; anq therefore the Joy and _ comfort {hould be yot1rs. . If you do n{)t con{ent ; in:llead of , · defpairing;prefently confent; and refufo not your happincfs while · you lament your mifery.~- Objecl. But it u not ·only' CovenPZnt-ma4fng,hut Ceven.mt"":– kfepiJJg that p1U.fl:fa7!t m: and I h4vebroa/zmy (f/1/enflnt ,trnd thtre;.– f~re h.zve no title .to the benefits. · Anfw. Whilt Covtnant have you · · 6rol{rn ! Thu Co?Jenant in queltionthat engageth you ro· God, . , the Father, Son, and Holy Ghofi? ~ If you havebroken this, you • have withd~aw.n )6'U~ Con(e~~ ·: ._For ·whil~ you hMrtilj 'confent, . you break1t not many· ~Jfentzal p~rt.: .t}s tt ts not every breachof the Laws-;that mak~s a man a tra;tor or rtbd ~ nor every fault or fA/ling OHt between husban~ and Wife that diffolveda · their re/a- – ti:()n ; fo is it not every fin, nor ~tny ·that is c"~fifhnt ·with true , con/ent ,to' the t('rms oL"theCovenaHt, that is a {ove-nant·hre11k,• ~ ring forfeiture of·,the ,bencfics•. If 'you Wo11/d n~t have' Goa robe · ;your Portion, yo·ur Father; your Saviour; and your SanElifier, , yolil a~ then Co'vttJttnt" '~re~k.,ers; .And if)rou be ·fo~ Confe1tt yet v • and retf!lrn to your ~dch y , . and the comforts of rhe Co• . ":enant - may y~t be yours , for ~.11 ; y9ur former viola.- - ~~~o~ . .Dir.J,'.
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