. lnbe1.ttg in the Covenant ofGrace. 27j confederacy entred· in~o by the Father and the Son, for rooting fin out ofthe hearts and lives of ~he €hit• dre·n of .f~ddm; for refioring the Divine image in. tbem ;· and for bringing. them agail) to a peFfeCl: con– iorn.lity to th~ moral law of the 1111 commandmenti, from whkh they fell -in Adam. For-this end was th~· cl!>'ndi·~ion of it perfG>tmcd; the ptdmiles of it .nude, and the adminifiration thereof committed to , 1he holy Jefus, 1 John iii: 8. ' For this pur:pofe thee Son of God w.lS' manife.tl:ed, that he might defi.roy the works of the devi.I.' Wherefore, whofoever par– take 0f the Spirit of the covenant; partake of the Spi· Pit of holinefs, Ga-l. v. r8. , . If ye be led by the Spi· rit, ye are not unde·r the law. Ver. r6. \'Valk in thG Spirir, and ye fhall n<?~ luHil the lu.l\ ofthe flefh.' 2. Tbe Spirit of the covenant, is an ingenuous free Spirit, Pfalm lt t2. 'Tis the Spirit of tons, not of' flaves ; offree-men; not ·ofbond-men, Rpm. viii. 1 5• There is fome obedrenee to the holy law given by ,unbdie'\'ers the men ofthe fir.fi covenant,. as well as by believe~·s, the men of the feeomd covena11t : and the tyes- of the tl"or1d can perceive no difference bctweett the obe·dience offome of the,former fort and of thofe ' of the lauer fort; howbeit, there is .a va;fi dHfen!noe 11 WJ:.1ich is feeil by tqe all-feeing eye. ..'\re tbefe Within the ~ovenant praying perfons? fo ~ure many, whey bave no faving part nor · lot in it, Ifa. lviii. 2. Are theay men oftemperance and, fobriety Y jufiice and ho– ne'fiy, can,<ilor and fa-ithfulpefS, nien of blarnelefs Iives? fo are feveral others befides them, forr all that any mau· can fee, Phi I. iii. 6. Thus far they -agtee. But there is a Vaft difference of the S·pirit they are aCl:ed by,. which makes a mighty odds ~n ~he manner arid kind ~ ef~hei.ralDedience. · Unbelievers are aB:ed by a fPJrit ·· ofbondage,. fui:table to t.heir Hate ofho1rdage under the covenann of works,. Gal. iv. 24, 25.. Aflavijh fear and , a. ftrvile hepe are the wdghts hung aJ?On them by lhatco\1eoant, c~uding theni to go: fu1, is avoided, • S 2 duty .,
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