( I ) -------------------------·---~--~-- · A V I E \V , OF THE Co v 1 N A N T -of G R A C E, &c. ' ---------·---------- ... · PsALM Ixxxix. ~· l have made a qovenant with my Chofeno I C 0 R. XV. 45· The !a/1 Adam was made a quickhing Spirit. As 1\;fan's ru~Jil was 'originally owing to the br~a. king of the covenant of works, fo his recovery, fi·mn . the firfi to the lafi fiep thereof, is owing purely rothe fulfilling of the covenant ofgrace; which cove· - nant, bdng that ':\'herein the whole myfiery of our falvation lies, I am to effay the opening of, as the Lord fhall be pleafed rto affifl:. And there is the moi·e need ofhumhle dependence on the Father of lights, through Jefus Chrifl: his S'on, for the manifefiation of his Spirit , in this .qlatter; that, whereas the firfi eovenant i$· known in part, by the light ofnatut"'e, the knowledge of this fe.cond is owing enti,rely to revelation. · 'Twas from this cov~nan t the Pfalmiji in the verfe itnmediately preceeding thefirfl: text, took a comforta– · ble view of a glorious bui/di?zg, in£dlib1y going up in, the midfl: of ruins ; even a building of mercy ; ' For l have faid, ~ercy ih11ll be built up for ever;" the . :: A 2 grou11d .
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