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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
could
not be the other
:
The
Doëtrine
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
of
that
ignorance
God
regarded not,
but
now
exhorteth them
to
repent.
God
gave
bit
Teflimonies
to Jacob,
and
his
Statutes
to
Ifrael, Pfal.
147.19.
The
Covenants
are
a
propriety
of
the Ifraelites
;
fo
that the
promulgation
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 with
his
Covenant
above
other.
Doí;?r.
"c:
Now
then here we
fee firft, What
tt agreat
mi
f
ry
;
to
be
without the
A
mifery,
to
Dogrine
of
the
Covenants
of
God;
and fo
not to
be
in
Covenant
with
be
wi[hout the
,)
f
,
Doflrine of
him,
he
to
be our
God,
and we his
people:
It
mat
needs be wofull.
the
Covenant.
For
this taken
away, the
means
of
our coming to
Chrift,
of
our
ha-
ving communion
with him,
and one
with another,
is
intercepted
:
xom.'
°.'4.
Without
this, nothing but
darknefl'e,
fhadow
of
death.
How can
we
beleeve,
if
we
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
the
ground
of
all
benefits ; man could
not
obtain any thing from
God,
but
by that
Covenant.
Yfe
r:
This
letteth
us
fee
our mifery,
if
we
be
(rangers
from the Cove-
Many
m
a
nane
;
What haft
thou
to
do
to take
my
Covenant
in
thy mouth,
and
hateft
Cerabk
dine.
rfal.;o.16.
to
be
reformed?
So that
all
thefe
are
[rangers
from the Covenant,that
are
not reformed
in
their waycs; awofull
thing: They
have
no
right
to any
portion,
any bequeft
therein.
vje::
This teacheth
us
to
fee
our happineffe,whohave thefe things
fealed
Happ;neffe
of
from our
birth
in
our eyes and
hearts;
for
by
vertue
of
this
Covenant
men within
theCovenant.
God
is
become
out
God:
i
will
be
bis God,
and
he
!hall
be my
Son,
Rev.
2z.8.
As the Husband faith,
This Woman
is
mine
:
So the
Woman
faith, This
Man
is
mine. In like manner,
God by Covenant
having
married us unto
himfelf,
and
plighted
bis faithfull
love
to
his chil-
dren,
Fitf
a.
I
have
married
thee
unto
my
felt.
This
is my people,
(faith
God;)
and
the people
fay
boldly,
This
it
my
God:
Or
as
the
Father
faith
This
is
my Son ;
fo
the Son
faith
,
This
is
my Father.
God
doth
convey
himfelf (through
his
holy Spirit) into our
hearts,
with
'
Cot.
6.16.
fuck
friit
familiarity, that
he
is
laid
to dwell
with them.
So that,
as
a
man may fay
of
the thing which he bath
in
true
pofl'effion,
This
is
mine;
fo may we fay
of God,
He
is
mine,
feting I
have
him
within
me, and have a true
poffeflion
of
him.
A
Note
whe-
Now,
whether we have God thus, or
not,
it will appear
by the
mo-
ther God
be
ring
f
the heart
:
For,
as
he
that
hath the fpirit
of
Satan,
(hall finde
inns
by
Covr
g
rant.
him everegging & provoking him
to
evil,&
as
it were
jogging
him
on
to one
filthineffe
or
other;
fo
he
that path the
fpirit of
God,
(hall finde
it,
and
feel it
gtive
and
furring
in
him,
to the
reforming
of
thewhole
man, inlightening
his
Underftanding, reforming
his
Will,
correcting
his