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64'

Chrig a

Believers

Law

giver,

law

that

are

the

rules of

1.uflace

and

equity, that

are

morali,

we

have

th:Lm

in

this Kingdome

of

Heaven:

indeed

we have

them

given-in

ano

her

way

in

th

r

hand

Of

this

Mediator,

with more

tnicineile,wiih

more

C1.iritu

llneUe

and

inlargement rather

;

For

this our

Kilg

tells

us

afterwards

in

this

Chapter,

that he

came_not

to

deftroy the liw

but

to

fulfill ir, he comes

open

it

:

iaith

he,

ye have

heard it

faid

by

them of

old

time,

thou

fhaL

nor

commit Aduirery, but

I

fay

unto

you,

that

whofocver

locketh

on

a

woman

to

14

after

her, hathr

commited

adultery

with

ter

a

llrcady

in

his

heart Chrift expoundsthe'law,

and feemes

to-put it

in

a

higher pitch then

the Jewes had

:

---

There

is

a

great deale

of

comfort now

I confeffe

in

that, that

thou haft

thy

law now

from Jefus,Chrifl-. And in this

indeed

thou

miyeft

have

this comfort having thy

law

from him,

that

he will

not be

fo

er

a

t

as

to

require

all

forfeitures

from

the

breach

of

the

law,

as

was

requir'd

of

the

Jewes: In

the adminiftration

of

Mofes

there

was fuch

and fuch

forfeitures

upon breach

of

the law

but

God

is

pleaf'd

to

manifeft more grace now,

fo

that

he

doth

not

now

{land

fo

exa&ly upon

breaches

as

to

pronounce

a

curfe

upon

every

one

that

Both offend in

that

way

:

Mofes.

delivered

his law

that the people

should

look

upon

themfelves

as

accur-

fed

if lobe

that they did

offend in any

part of

it

;

It's

true,

there

was

fomething

of

Chrifi revealed to

help

beleevers in-

deed;

but

for the moil

part

it

was

little

knowne

fo

as

for

the

generallity of the people they

looks upon

th

emfelVes(or

should

do

fo)as

accurfed, if they did

breake

any

part of

the

*

But

in

this

Kingdome

of

Heaven,

that's

a

bleffedneirt,

that

thou

haft a

law from him

that loves thee more

then

his

life,

lie

was

willing

to

lay

down

his

life

for

thee that

gives

thee

thy

law,

now

when

one

hath

a

law

from

one.

that we

know loves

him dearly

it's

comfortable

;

And he

is

the

Judge

of

the

law,

and

he

is

to

take all

the

forfei::u°es

of the

law

that

loves

me dearly, evenmore then

his

own

life

:

why

this

is

a

great

comfort.

The

Second

thing

in

the

bleflednefhe

of

this kingdome of

-

Heaven

is

this, that Jefus Chrift

he now rules

in

the hearts of

his Saints

by

his

word

and

ffirit,

a

great

deale more

fully

then