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os

the Excellency

of

the

Soul.

=

I

the

Son

lefbee

bee

angry) and love him;.

you

had

need

love

his

ordinances, and all

his

members, and all

his

people

;

you

had

need

give

all

the

refpeo

that

may bee to

him

,

be-

caufe

hee

is

the

onely. Saviour of fouls

:---

And

for

the

blood

of the

Covenant, take heed

you fin

not

againft that

,

let

it

not

bee accounted as

a

common

thing;

oh

do

not

prize the fatisfying

of

your own

lulls,

rather

than

the

blood

of

the

Çovenant,

and

all the good

that

was

purchafed

by

that

blood;

when any

wretched

f

nner

4ha11

hear the

Gofpel

preached

to

him, and

yet

iball

prize

the

living

in any

bafe

wicked way of.

fin

.

I fay;

fuch

a

one

doth trample the

blood

of the everlafling

Covenant under

his

feet,

and the

lan-

guage

of

his

heart

and

actions

is

nothing

but

this,

whatfoe-

ver is

fpoken

concerning

the

blood

of the

everlafling

Covenant revealed

in

the Gofpel,

I

do

prize the

fatis-

fying

the

lulls

of

mine own

heart,

more

than

all

the

good

that

is

in

the

Covenant;

now

do you

think

can

fuch

a

foul, as this

bee faved

?

now you

fin

againfl

the

blood

of

the

Covenant,

when

you

come

hand

over

head

to

the

Sacra-

ment,

and thereby

you come

to

bee guilty of the

body

and

blood

of

Jefus Chrifl

;

People

are mighty

earnefl

about

coming

to

Sacraments, now

do

but

read

t

Cor.

xi.

It

is

a

Scripture

which

I

know you

that

are

acquainted

with

Scrip

a

rre,

are

not

unacquainted

with,

verf.

27.

whofoever

ßJ1

.eat

this

bread, and

drink

this

cup

of

the

Lord

unworthily,

(hall

bee

guilty

of

the

body

and

blood

of

the

Lord

;

And

what

then,

verf.

29.

Hee

eateth

and drinketh his

own

damnation.

When

you

would have theSacrament,as the

Peal

of

the

blood

of

Chrifl,

and yet

come

in

your

fin

and filthinefs,

and

do

not

difcern

the

Lords body,

you come

to

bee

guilty of

the

blood of

,Chriff,

and

fo

to

bee

guilty

of

your

own

damna-

tion

;

and

fo many

think to

Peal

their

fouls,

by

eating

and

drinking,, the

damnation of their

fouls;

for

there

is

nothing

fet out

in

Scripture

that

furthers

more

the

damnation- of

a

foul,

than

to

fin

againll

the blood

of

the

Covenant

:

I

know

forne make

that

Scripture

their

damnation

to

themfelves,

that

is, that

they

are

onely to bee

leprovad

and condemned

for

doing