.. The Way ~1enflating Sinners, &c• .. . ' ll · E A D VI. . The W ~y of~nf}arinz S.im;ers perfinally ant!fovint· · )y i11 the {:openant ofGrace. By the Markr al}d Cha.ra{ters giveq, i~ appears., · that .th.ey ~re bpt few, who are perjotta.ily an~ , fovingly enfrateq in ~be cove~ant of grace '; in com– parif9JJ. of thef~, who (JJe firang~r.s to it : but we ~re flllowed to .offer it tQ fir.angers; io invite and call thell.l ~vho are without the c.oveO.vH, to co,me into it, and f~ to compel thenJ to fQm~ in, J,.uke xjv. ~'3~ Here then are the·glad t~dings of th~gofpel: t~ere is a cove:nan;t whkh was ~ntr.ed · into, from eten~ity, between 9.ol .and ChrijJ ~he fecond 4dam; a coven;mt of grace) made in favo\'~>r 0f finn.en; of Achzm's rtl~e, ruined by the br~~ch ofth~ coven4nt ofworks.. ln it, tlwre jfa': full provifion for your falvatlon ; to ·r~I!eve you 'from ·all the ·ruining efH:cb of the brol\.en firfi coven:}nt, ' to rep.c;ler you compleatly., happy. The condition of this covcn~,nt, is indeed high; being fc;rewed up to~ .pitch py the .demands of the law ,and jufiice: y~t ther~ js no~hing Qij ,th4t part, to difcourage you from. the covenant; for your ipabi]ity being forefeenfrom cte~:.. pity, it was laid upon One that is mighty to perform . it ; ~nd now it is already performed and fulfillecJ tp your hand' by _that mig,hty One Ohril]: jef1,1.s. Only,. th~ promifes rem~jn to be fulfilled. · So ~he burden of the eondition is 9ver, witpout you; ' and ye are cal– led t.o the benefit of the promifes. And~ th~t ye may h:we the more dear Accefs tber.eto, the adm.inifin~ .t• on oft'he covenant is. plil t into the handofthe fameCh i ll Jefus : and he is intrufied with all the promifes t () fUlfil them .to !inners. He bath begun to fulfil thom to all, who have taken hold of the covenant ; anc. is n;~dy
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=