V B R. 12. Ephefianr, Chap.2. 279 his Thoughts , and fitting as it were inCcmmiillion over the whole man, ruling and governing him in fpight of the power offatan, and privie confpiracie of his own flefh. He that perceiveth this Monarchy of the Spirit, over- ruling the tyrannous aflaulrs aforefaid , may well be allured he is taken into Covenant, and hath the Spiritput into his heart, and fo confegaently that he is no !ranger to the Covenant of God. Secondly,this doth let us fee, that the Lord left the Gentiles with. out the means ofcalling them to falvation. For the clearing (Alt, we muff fat down three things: r. That the DoElrine of the Covenant is the onely ordinary means. a. That the Lorddid deny them this. 3. That it was not any thing, but his meer pleafure, which did make himgive it to the Jew, and deny it the Gentile. It was not the Lawof nature,ifone could follow it, that could bring him to falvation. It is not the book of the creature : It isnot every mans humour, and fecret whifpering of the Dottrine of Chril, fuch as might from the Egyptian bondage, or theTraffique ofTome pri- vate perlons, or the Captivity,behere and there fcattered among the Gentiles : Pfal.147. He maxifefleth his Word to Jacob, his Statutes and his ludgements to Ifrael;he hash not f done to any nation. It was not any thing, but his pleafure. Deut.9.4. Say not in thy heart, For my righ- teoafnefft the Lord bath brought me in, to FOP this land, & ç. This made the feparation, and was the fountain of all that.love tohis peo- ple, above the reft of the nations. It is plain then, how that the Gentiles were thus without theDo. thine of the Covenant, God not pleating tovouchfafe it : The gald is the power of God unto falvation, Rom. a. 16. It 'leafed God, by the foolifhne/fe ofpreaching, to fave them that beleeve, r Cor.4. They had not Chrift once named : It was denyed in every age,before the Flood after the givingof the Law. God cal Cain from his face, from the fociety of his, in the means of his pretence; fo that a diftin- &ion grew between the Eons of God , andof men ; the one had the worfhipof God, the other had not. After the Flood, the pofterityof Cham; in the Tents ofShemwasthe Lord known.At.the Law giving, we fee that the Lord denyed the OrdinanceofLevi toany nation,but to Ifrael : Yea, in timeof Çhril,the Gentiles were denyed, as dogs, the breadof the children, Mat. r J am not fens, but unto the loft fhieep of the haufeof !frail. Mat. to. Ge.not in theway of the Gentiles. Paul now girt io this bufineffe, is forbidden topreach in Afta; As a 6. God fuffered them to walk in their own ways. The fending, or the not the fending of Labourers into the harveft, is belonging to Lord : the Lord killed that rebellious people with kindnefre, when others that had no fuch means, would have been more fruitful! ; I willhavemer- cie on whom I willhave mercie, Rom.9. So that it doth let us fee, that the Lord may juftly leave men with- out e Doe. Gentiles left without means offaltation.
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