\ 278 Epheflans, Chapon, V s 1. That they were (rangers from the Doctrine. 2. That they were not confederates with God ; for without the one, they couldnot be the other : TheDoëtrine of the Covenant un- known, they could not be confederates with God, ,iïls 14. 16. The Lord left than to their Own wages, Acts 17.30. The timer ofthat ignorance God regarded not, but now exhorteth them to repent. Godgave bit Teflimonies to Jacob, andhis Statutes to Ifrael, Pfal. 147.19. The Covenants are a propriety of the Ifraelites ; fo that thepromulgation of the Covenant was not vouchfafed the Gentiles, becaufe the Lord regarded not them fo far : And, he being debtor to none, did freely chufe Ifrael, gracing them withhis Covenant above other. Doí;?r. "c: Now then here we fee firft, What tt agreat mi f ry ; to bewithout the A mifery, to Dogrineof the Covenants of God; and fo not to be in Covenant with be wi[hout the ,) f , Doflrine of him, he tobe our God, and we his people: It mat needs be wofull. theCovenant. For this taken away, themeans of our coming to Chrift, ofour ha- ving communion with him, and one with another, is intercepted : xom.'°.'4. Without this, nothing but darknefl'e, fhadowof death. How canwe beleeve, ifwe havenot heard ? This is reckoned, as one of the Mae- Pfal. t4.11;.. lites chief priviledges , To have god for their God, and to be hit people; this is reckoned all happineffe : The Covenant is theground of all benefits ; man could not obtain any thing from God, but by that Covenant. Yfe r: This letteth us fee our mifery, ifwe be (rangers from the Cove- Many m a nane ; What haft thou to do to takemy Covenant in thy mouth, andhateft Cerabkdine. rfal.;o.16. to bereformed? So that all thefe are [rangers from the Covenant,that are not reformed in their waycs; awofull thing: They haveno right to anyportion, any bequeft therein. vje:: This teachethus to fee our happineffe,whohave thefe things fealed Happ;neffe of from our birth in our eyes and hearts; for byvertueof this Covenant men within theCovenant. God is become out God: iwill bebis God, andhe!hall be my Son, Rev. 2z.8. As the Husband faith, This Woman is mine : So theWoman faith, This Man is mine. In like manner, God by Covenanthaving married us unto himfelf, and plighted bis faithfull love to his chil- dren, Fitf a. I havemarried thee untomyfelt. This is my people, (faith God;) and the people fay boldly, This it my God: Or as the Father faith This ismy Son ; fo the Son faith , This is my Father. God doth convey himfelf (through his holy Spirit) into ourhearts, with ' Cot. 6.16. fuck friit familiarity, that he is laid to dwell with them. So that, as a man may fayof the thing which he bath in true pofl'effion, This is mine; fo may we fayof God, He is mine, feting I have him within me, and have a true poffeflionof him. A Notewhe- Now, whether we have God thus, or not, it will appearby themo- ther God be ring f the heart : For, as he that hath the fpirit of Satan, (hall finde inns byCovr g rant. him everegging & provoking him to evil,&as it were jogginghim on to one filthineffeor other; fohe that path the fpirit of God, (hall finde it, and feel it gtive and furring in him, to thereforming of thewhole man, inlightening his Underftanding, reforming his Will, correcting his
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