ofl the Covena;zt. 245 m·e.' V,er. 27•. ' A.n<:f ye alfo ihall bear witnefs.' By )he po\ver hereof, g~tting, by way of fRitirual fight, John vi. 40. a knowledge of Chrijl in hts tranfcend– ent glory an"d .excellency, exhibite9 to them in the free promife ofthe gofpel, they are infallibly brought • to believe. The Spirit rhus applyhig the word of the gofpel to them, they greedily emlt1r:.~ce it, and apply it to_themfelves by faith> as may be feen in thefe con-, verts, Aets ii. 3~L 'Then Peter f.1.id t;~nto them, repent '2nd be baptized every one of you in the name of Je– fus Chrifi, for the remiffion offins.' Ver. 39• ' ;For . the promi~ is-unto you.. Ver. 41. 'Then they that gladly received his word, were baptized.' , Lajl!y, His teaching and infiruCl:ing th~m, by his . Word and Spirit, from th~mceforth; as children of the covenant, his own ·difciples. The whole .plan of falvation is laid down in the covenant, be~ng .a my– fiery of the manifold wifdom of God, whereof there is fiill more and more to be learn'd : and Chrifi is the ' great Prbphet to teach it. And ' · the fecret of the Lord is with them that fear him : and he will lhew them his covenant,' Pfalm xxv. 14. The faints, by reafon of the remains ofdarknefs in their minds .while here, .are apt to lofe fight of the parties in the cove– nant ; but.the great Prophet is to ihew them the Fa:– ther, and to manifefi himfelfunto them, by the Spi– rit. The condition of the covenant, the Mediator's own righteoufnefs, the foie ground of all their ?opes, cann.ot be kept in view, but by means oft~e light of Hfe from himfelf. And in this light only, can they _have a believing view of the promifes ~and privileges of the covenant. The duties of the covenant, where– of the exceeding broad I~w of the ten commands jg the rule, are many; and tho' they be clear in them– felves, yet are they often fo dark an'd perplex'd to us · that we cannot difiingui!h between fin and duty : but the children of the covenant have an infallible Teach– er, whom they may confult in all cafes, andofwl10m Q.4 ~ they
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