~72 · The Tria'l of a favirtgptr(oiuJI · give it a·ne\V fet, and conf:rall: rts endJ!efg&fires: f6r ' that which the un:renewed heart is mofi tee tiporr, thet~ is· no provifion in !he covenant for, b~ agair}lft it. ' VIII. The Spirit ofrhe coven·a·f1t' is in thC:tln : a•nd tl~-a.' t'~ an·other Spirr.t,-rhan whJph~~!l of the world . ar·e atl:ed by, NtlJ:hb:. }tiv·. ~. .Ei.ek'l xxx-vi.. 'Z7•. I . 'rr.vrll put mf Spirit within'you. ~ The S·pirk of Chr-ifi: is' the SpiriE of fhe covenantd'~J"ehafecl by the broo'd of the covenant, lodged in the fufnefs thereoHn Ghrift th'e Head of rhe covenilrit, an•cl!commurikat:ed in fome meafnre to all the covet1a.nt 'people. And that Spi-rit .m'ay' he known by thefe tlitee cha-racters thereof. . 1. The Spirit of the covemirit is aSprtitofholine;;. · The great tiefign of the eovenant, next _ to die'g1ory ofGotf, was the fandificatlo'n of finders, . Luke i. 74, 75: ·A1~ the li11es of die eb'ven~t1t, frort~ the- firft df ·tliem unto- the laft, m•eet in that as theit·centr<7•. Ther~ is a difplay of exaa ju-fiice) in the cortdfdon of rhe . . covenan·r ; of rich grace ail({ n1ercy, in the pro'mifes ofit ; of greatefi fai thfufnefsand power; in the atlmi~ ni.ftrat!on of it: but holine/S goes ~hro' the w_hole,. and ~verfi}i{{[email protected] part. of H. Wherefo~re 'tis called the ho• !J' coiFI11gn1'; Dan. ~i. 30. Who,the11 can: t~afonably tm'a:gihe; that the unholy are within this coveaant ? r:fhat the fer'Vants of fiii, wl1ether profane, dt fotma• lifis, firangers to the power of godlinefst '\vh0fu no bands of holinds will hold, can be within the bortd of the holy covenant ?' No, fure they are n-ot: they have not the .Spirit of the covenant. The S!)itit of the .covenant makes the covenanted initially holy; ttnd to prefi towards the niark, to wrefile, long, groan and pant for the. perfeCtion of holinefS, Phil. iii. I4lt makes a vein ef holihefs ruri through their '~hole in:in ; their who•le life; theit thoughts, their words, their aCl:ions; their dea_lings with God, and their ..deal· ings with inen. 'l'he E:ovenant was ereil::ed, on purpofe t() ' ' defiroy the works of the devil:' it was a ~~ con-
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