, l~J}B#ng in the C,ov~Jlaflt of Grace. 'fl7 ao~ thaJ; image wil'l re<:omn1end all wh~ f?ear 1 t, unto one that is within the coven;mt hjmfelf, fo f:1r as he can difcern it. .. \Vhereforc, their love is a love tp all the faints,' Eph . i. I 5· An-d hence arifeth the fympathy which every true c'hTifiian ·hath with the cJmrfh pf Chrifi throughout the world, and with the· fever.al l)lempers thereof ~mown to them; their joint i~.terefi i.n t.he covenant challenget.h it ; for by the ~ovenant there is a near relation among them ; and .from their union under the fame Head, .refults their communion, J Cof. xii. u. 26. .Therefore, a fpirit pf fdfi.O:meG, wher~hy mens concern in aJl fw.allo\ved PP. jp th~ir own t"hi,n.gs, leaving the~ no fyrnpathy wtt.h t~e church and people ofGod, 1s a fhrewcl fig11 .of a gra}:elefs ftate. How much more a fpirh of reigning enmity "againfl: religion, and the profdfors thi~of;' where religion, and ·w·hat concerns it make . .men the fpecial objeCl:s of their enmity' fpite,.and re– fentml=!P.t!' An h~bitu~l cpurfe of this is none of the .. fpots ofG.od's .people; but dedar.es men to be of d1e -w.pr/4., Jphn. xv. ·19. ' I haye chofen you out of th~ worlp, t~~refore .the world hat.crh you.' The Spirit .of \tb.e (:oven~.nt wiJ1 carry men 9.uit~ another way~ .., ,, fit)ce, ta~ing hold of .the ..~oveaant1 they have em– bar,ke9 .i,n the fame pQttpm, with thofe whofe head Cbrjfi is, ancl who Qave declared war againft the de– vil'~ ~i.~g~Plll· To them,. they'll fay, ' \.Ve "will go .wit.h y_o,u; for we .have .hear.d that God is with you," ,Zc:ch. vii. 2J. . I~. ,ln the lall pla~e, The laws ofthe .covenant are In their 'hearts, ·namely, the laws oft4e ten comrpand· .AlCP>tS., the et~rnal rul~ .of righteoufnefs, f1e·p. viii. 1~. Th1lt law, in all its parts 1, is a .copy of th~ Di· · vme nature, w,hich ia ·regl=!neration is tranfcribed i1,1• to t.he ~eart , of e~ery one brought into the covenant: ~nd rhe whole ofit is written ~here, tho' every part is n~t written alike clear, nor any part'·perfecr. · As the ;mage of God refiored in us, fo is the law written S-+ · in
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