S a e r. VII. 3091 didsdAtiMMAttittItittNIAM6 evzsmmtmaam aza zzazram rtatz TWOMVAPPMTWARrit' SECT. VII; Of the fanctifyingVVork of theSpirit un der the Notion of e[aabIiíhing the Heart with Grace. S£RMO N L. Of the Heartsbeingeftabl edwithGrace, andin ghatfenj it idfi. HE B. 13.9. For it is aged thing that the heart be efIablifhedwithGrace, not with meats, that have notprofited them thathave beets otcupiedtherein. N the former partof this Epiftle, Paul (for We take hint tobe the Author of it) cloth like a kinde father crack the (hell of thofe Jewish Ceremonies, and give the ker- nel' to believers ; heopens the fpiritual fenfe and mean- ingofall thofe typical prefiguration, making them fha- dowes onely of Chrilt to come ; fo that as the blot fame fats when the fruit cometh thus they vani. shed, when Chrifi arofe: and becaufethey wereone ly Shadows, he thereupon argueth their infnfliciency fot any fpiritualeffeft, making Mofes in all his adminiftrations,no more then theProphets fervant with his Matters Staff, that could not mile the dead man. But in the later partof the Epiftle, he enjoyneth many praftical and plain Dir- ties ; as in this Chapter verf.7. he exhorteth themto follow the faith of their fpiritual Governours and Teachers, which is to be fuppofed, as Pani in the like cafe, while they follow Chrift. This duty heenforced' from a two-fold Argu- ment. a. The joyful and profitable endoftheir Pallorsconverfatiom 2. That 7tffssChri/fis thefameyeJterdaj"', and to day, andfarever. Ch rift that helpedhis feryants informer times, will Rill help them. atilt it (till the fame, fir ; though
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