a~o , Horu.• thr: hrcmch; ar9- taken out State Uf. themaldng of it is nothing elfe, put the making of a covenant of works wi-th Chrifi, confounding the law and the gofpel; a coveo.ant he will never fubfcribe to, though we fhould iign it with our heart's blood. Ronz. iv. 14. For if they 12.vhich are if th-e la·w be heirJ, .faith i1 made void, and the promift made ofnone ej)ec1. Ver. 1 6 ... Therefore it iJ if fait,~, that it 1n,ight be by grace, to the end the promift 1'JJigM be Jure to all the feed. Chap. xi. 6. /ind if bygraa, then it is no more ofn..vork; : otherwift grace i.f 110 11Jort g1·aa. But ilit be ofworlu, t/; iJ -iJ is no more grace: o· _1herwije rwork ii TJO more wot.k. God's covenant ,is et•er·. lafiing: onc-e in, 11ever ~ut of it again; and \he-mercies of it a:rejitre mertiu. lfa.lv. 3· But that covenant of yours is a tottering covenant, never fufe, but broken every d-ay. It is ·a mere,fervile covenant, givingChrifi fervice for fa:lvation: – b'ut G{)d's covenant is a filial covenan~ , in which the !inner takes Cfrrifl, a·rtd his falv02tion freely offered, an'd fo becomes a jo11., John i, 12 • .' But as many as received hifn, to th~11l , gavt he p~wer to become thefom·ofGo-d; and being become , a. fon, he ferves his Father, not that the ioherita.oc-e may bu~11te hi!, ·but becaufe i.t is hif, through Jefus Chrift. See Gal. iv. ~4· and downward. ·To·enter .imo that fpurious .co– v.eflam, i~ to bur :from Chrifi:.'l.tJith nzom-1 ·; hut to -take hold ci' God:'.s covenant, is to bU'y of him rwithoutmoney and-with• wfprice, Jfa. ;h•. . 1. th-at ·i~ tQ ·fay; to beg of him. In that" covenant ruen rwork. f()~ life ;.·in God's·co'V'eoaf1t they comr: to ~C1J't'ifl for life, and ®ork fmm life. When a perfon undt r that covenant fails in his duty, all is gone ; the covenar"1t, inoK be made over again. Dt1t under God's cove·nant, a-hlio' the man fa,il in. hi's duty, •and for his f.ai)ures fall under the difci ~lioe of the covenant ; and lies under the weigla of ic. ti·U fach tim: as he has recou-rfe anew tt'l the blood of Chri-fl for pardon, and Jenew.his ·rt.~pentaafl~ : yet a!l that he trufi- , ed to for li (e and falvation, namely, the righteoufnefs of Cbrift, Hill :f'hnds entit' ~. ~nd t·he co_v·enao't remains firrp. S~e Rom. v·i. ~4• 2,- . ::~ncl viii. ·1 . · · Now; thou 6h .fame men fpe-nd h;eir ·liv·~s in making and br-eaking fu_cb covenants of thei ·t own ; the teHor upo~~~e breaking of.thern wea-ririg weaker -a:nd weake r hy d !·;;rei!,~, tiH at lafi h~reates them J:inle or no u-neafi nefs : yet the~~ inwhom .the .~oi.d -work is cauiet.l on) til-1 it ·be accompl·
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