ofthe Covt~ant. 253 veriant, are no other but the laws of the ten com ... mandmenrs, originally given to Adam in his creation, an~ at his tranfportation into Paradife, and fettle– men~ there, vefied with the form ofthe covenant of works ; and now unto believers in Chriil, fianding without that form, in the covenant of grace,. as the eternal rule of righteoufnefs, whereunto they are to be conformed by t_he grace of the covenant ; the ef– fectuating of which,:is committed, by the Father, to Jefus Cl1rifi, as AdminiH:rator thereof. And accor• dingJy he carries it on, by his word and Spirit, in a . fuitablenefs to their nature qS ration~l agents, and to their ilate; making thefe laws 'known to them, as the rule of Hfe, unto which they fiand bound by the fo– vereign authority, ~ and matchlefs love, of God thei,r Creator, and Redeemer; and withal inclining their hearts unto the obedience of the fame. ·. Secondly, He gives them the rewards ofthe cove– nant, in the courfe of thei'r obedience, Pfalm xix. l r. In keeping of them there is great reward. He puts his people indeed to work and labour; but not .to la– bour in the fire, and for vanity, as the fervants of fin do: they'Fe to work and labour, like the ox treading out the corn, whicq was not to be muzzled, but to have accefs at once to work and to eat. The fervicc now done to Zion's King, hath a reward in this life~ as well as a reward in the life to come. By the order of tlie covenant, there's privilege efiablifhed to fol– low duty, as the reward thereof; ' the which order is ·obferved by the King in his adminifiration. Accor– dingly, he propofeth the privilege of comfort, to ex– cite to the duty ofmourning, Mat. v. 4· ' Bleifed are ,they that mourn ; for they fhall be comforted·:' the, fpecial tokens ofHeaven's favour, to excite unto a ho– ly tender walk, John xiv. 21. 1 He. that hath my com!llandmen ts, ·· and keepeth them-- fhall be loved of my Father-, and I will love him, and will manifeft myfelf to him.' In lika manner to excit'e to the fame . . holy
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