lnbeing in the- Coveml1!1t ofGrac~ 27 t he is difiingui!hed from the prefumptuous, formaliils, and hypocrites. And both thefe ·things are joined; ia the believer's character, Phil. iii. 3· ' And rejoic.e in Chrifi Jefus, and have no confidence in the fte!h.' ' V1I. The promifes·of the covenant ate a fa,tisfyil~g portion to their hearts. They are indeed fenfible, t~ey have' many wants: but.then, they fee as much in the covenant, as wol.1ld fupply ..them all; that they need not go to another door for fupply : they're per~uaded, here is as much water in that well, as would quench all their thirft, if they could but get the a~;t of draw..: · ing 'it. Thus the covenant is all their falvfltion and .all their defire, 2 Saq1. xxiii. 5• This difcovery of the covenant is not owing to nature, but to that, grace which ihews fo much worth in the one pearl, as makes a man content to ftll all he bath, to gain it, Ma~th. x:ii. 45, 46. But no man will come into the covenant, / uriidl once he get it; for who will joip himfelf unto one in a marriage-covenant, or contract of fervice, With whom her cam,1ot fee how to live! Faith difcerns, , in ' the covenant, not only a refuge, but 1 ad ,por,tion, · Pfal. cxlii. 5· elfe the man would never. ~{IlSrlint~ it. And none who have once got this difcoven~,,,,will re– main out of the covenant, Pfal. ix. 10. They that knqw thy name will put their tru/i 'jn thee. See John iv~ 10. If the w9rth of the treafure, hid .in the}ieltl of the gofpel, ~e perceived, all will g? for the obtain– ing thereof, Matth. xiii. 44• all will be coul)ted lofr a.nd dung for the excellency ofit, Philip~ . iii. 8. Cer• tainly the men of the wo.rld do not fee this in the .co– venant: 'lis but an empty hungry thing in th~ir ,blinded eyes. The covenant is in the gofpel, held-out ttJ'. them in ~e breadth and length. thereof: But it doef.l not take with them: 'tis far from being ail their de- ' .fire: after all, as if they had teen nothing that could, fatisfy, they fiill cry, Utho wi/ljhew us any good? Pfal. iv. 6. The truth is, the h~art of mari can neveF /ee enough in the cgvenant,- to reil fa:tid1ed with, tiU grace S give
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