The Covenant of Work Chap. t 6. The Covenant of Glace de- fined. that without. In the difcharge of this the Saints of God have promifed to themfelves upon good grounds all happinesfe, Pfal. I t 9. 6. T hen fhall I not be afhamed, when i have ref st a unto all thy commandments. The want of this renders all that is done void and vaine as to the acceptation of God, when the heart glances afide,and is not right with God,in worshipping him,doth not feek him. c.7Ztatth, ) 5. S. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their heart id farre from me. Ifrael is an empty Vine, be bringeth forth fruit to himfelf, Hof. Io. T. Their heart is divided, therefore fhall they be found faulty, verfe z. Amaziah did that Which ma good in the fight of the Lord, but not with a perfe&l heart, 2 Chron.25. z. Judah hash not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, Jerem. 3. eo. Pfal. 78.34, 35, 36, 37. When he flew them then they fought him, and they returned and enquired early after God, and they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their re- deemer ; neverthele fe they did flatter him with their mouthy and they lied unto him with their tongues, far their- hearts were not right wit b him, neither were they ftedfaft in his Covenant. By all which I fuppofe it is evident that God inCovenant calls for obedience,re- quires integrity of heart in it, will not accept where fincerity of heart is wanting,and where it is he crowns it with happineffe and glory. And from what hath been fpoken, a full definition ofthe new Covenant may be thus given. eh` gracious Covenant of God with fallen man, whereby God engages himfelf upon faith in Chrift, and returns to God in fincere obedience, to conferre on man remiffion of runes., and all whatfaever that tends to everlafting happine fe, They that profeffe to beleeve and returne to God are in Cove- nant; they that do beleeve and fincerely returne, they enjoy the bleßìngs and mercies of the Covenant. This Arminians make the Decree of God, and will have no other then fuch conditio- nal Eleetion,not an Elehion unto faith and obedience but be- caufe it is torefeene that men will beleeve and perfevere in fincere obedience; in which they are oppofed by the Orthodox. See Moulins Anatomy of Arminianifine, chap. 12. Seta. I This is the Covenant of grace in the Gofpel, publifhed and promifed, which Arminians would make one with Eleélion, confounding the Will of gods Decree with the Will of his Command , and vromife. He that would fee more into the nature of fìncerity, that
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