' . 220 · Chrijl the Truflee ' For God glveth not the Spirit by meafure unto him John iii , 3 +· Wherefore, there is in him fuch a ful~ nefs of the Spirit;Of holinefs, as is, by the i.nfinite ef.. ficacy thereof: f.uffic,ient to Cmtl:ify the whole. f~mily ·of Adam, and even the worfi of them. There's a ful· ~efs of ali grace in him, to be communicate, for the repairing ofthe lofr imag~ ofGod in us: there's grace enough in him, to melt the hardefi heart into evange· lical repentance, ACl:s v. 31. To mortify the ihong– efl: lufis, GaL v. 24. And to quicken and to firengthen unto holy obedience, 2 Tirn. ii. 1. ' Sixth!y, The dl:ablifhing grace in the covenant is in him, whereby to caufe · the mofi fickle and incon .. Hant, once in him, to perfevere unto the end, Jude ver. 1. 'Them that are i"lmtl:ifitd by God the Father, and preferved in Jefus' Chrifi ' He is con!!ituted the Head of inAuencts for all his myfiical members, which are to have their nourifumen~ minifired from him, Col. ii. 19. The giving· out of continued pardons, ne– ce!Euy for them iu this their fiate of imperfeCtion, is · alfo in his hand, as che TruHee of the covenant, exal– ted to ,be a Prince' and a Saviour, for to give repept• ance ro IJrael, and forgivenefs offins, Acts v. 3r. Thus ne is fully furnifhed for prt:ferving of them in a fiate ofgrace, having a fulnefs of grace in himfelfto com· ·municate unto them fuitable tQ all their exigencies, whether in refpeet of the power, ·or of the guilt, of their fin. . ' St:venth!y, The temporal things of the covenant are all in his ha'n'd, whereby to provide for; and ,afford p1·oietl:ion to his people, during' their lOntinuance in this :world. In the cnvenant rhei·e was made to him --'a pmmife of his inheriting all th~gs, as the fi~fi-born of the family of heaven : and in his perfon, as th~ lafr .Adam, the ancient dominion over the creatures was refior'd; as we heard before. Now, as he is the Tru– flee of the covenant, the heritage of t he world, and all things therein, is actually delivered over into his hand; ' . fQ,
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