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A
Vefeription
of
the
nature
of
falt
in allxfion,to
the
Gófpel.
all
the
heave.ef
erings
of
the
holy
things,
which the.
Children
of
Ifrael
offer
unto
the
Lord, have
Igiven
thee,
and
thy
fonnes,
.
and
thy
daughters
with thee,'
by
-a
Statute for
ever,
it
is
a
cove-
nant
of
falt
for'ever,
before
the
Lord,
unto
thee
and
to
thy.feed
with
thee.
(
z
Chron: i Chap.
3
verfe.
)
A
_
Covenant that
fhall
not
lofe the
vigour,
verrue, and
ft ength of
it
by
long
continuance,
therefore
a
Covenant
of-fah;
as
nowmeare
if
it
be not
faked,
it
1-utrifies
and
lofeth that nurture
it
had
before,.
and grows worfe and worfe,
till
it
comes to
have
no
kind
of
vertue to
comfort the,body at
all. Thus when we make Cove_,
nants
with
God,
ir
may
be
whenwe
make
them at
fiat,
they
fee=
to
be full
of
vigour and
íirength,
but
after the
Cove
-
nant
hash
continued
a
few
dayes,
iris
like flefll
or
fifh,after
ir
bath continued
a
little
while,
it
loofeth the
temperature of ir,
and
is
more unfit for
nutriment
then
others; but if you
put
fait
to
them
,-then
they
will
be
fir
for.
nurture
;
and
fo
-it
is
with
our Covenants,
at full
they are
full
of vigour,
and
ftrength,
but, let
them c',ntinue
a
little while;
then
t:he
Covenant
hath-
no
power
at all
:
Oh,
it
was
not
a
Covenant
of
fair
;
I feare our
Covenants
that
we have made privately
and publickty, that-
they
are
not Covenants of fait , but the Lord
when he
makes
Covenants of
fair,
he
remembers
his
Covenant,and
there
is as
much ftrengrh and
vigour
in
it
a
thoufand yeares
after,it
is
made,
as
there
was
the fïrft day
it
was
made
;
many
men and
women
make
little
ufe
of
their
foules,but enely
to
keep
their
bodies
from putrif} ing,
re
are
the
fait
of
the
earth;
the mean-
ing
is
this,
Whereas
all
the
world
grows
to
putrifa6ion,
they
have
fuch
evills
in
their hearts,
as
being
let
alone they grow
worfe
and
worfe,
and
pedal
for
ever.
r
john
t
Chaps
verfe.
This
then
is
the
meffáge which
we'have heard
or
him and
de-
clare
unto
you,
that
God is
l:ght,and
in him
is
no
darkneffe
at
all.
God
cloth
expell darkneffe, and ignorance,
and
infidelitie,
by
the
true
knowledge
of
himfelfe.
And here
is
the great
ufe
of
the
Miniflery
of
the word;
ro
keep
allthe-world from
perith-
ing by putrifaótion
;
and all
the
hearts
amen
and women in
the
wpr
ld, that
have
not
the
doétrine of the Cofpel
prevail-
ing in.them,
they
are..
unto.
God
,ltinkina;
filthy, loatl
fome
meare,
,