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Gofpel

emif

lion.

5

when

I

firft taught

you

the

Doctrine

of

the free forgivenefs-

or

fin

by faith

in

Chrift

,

and you faid it-was

á

bleffed

Do-

&rine,

and

your..

hearts were

mi

htíly

taken

with

it,

where

is it

now

?

How

comes it

to

pats

that your hearts are

fo

taken

off

from the efteem you then had

of

it

?.

Where

is

then

the

bleíf.dnefs you

fpake

of

?.

Thus

it

is

ufually,

the Minifters

cf.

Chrift

come

and ',preach

Doarine

to

People

that their

hearts

are taken wish,

their

fpirits

ftirred,

and

they mighti-

ly affected

with

th-e

firft

hearing

of

it

;

but

afterwards

by

fóme

fin,

or

the company

of

carnal friends

,

their

hearts are

taken

off,

though

while

they were hearing

fuch and

fuck

a

Truth

their

hearts glowed

and

burned

within

them.

God

grant

it

may

not

be fo

with

force

of

you

,

who

when

you,

heard

lately the

Doc`rine

of

the

Evil of

Sin,

your hearts were

mightily áffecfed,

and you

Paid ,

O

what

a

dreadful

evil

is

there

in

fin,

in

the

leaft

fin

;

and being

convinced

of

it

,

you

bgan

to

reform

;,

yet

afterwards you

fell

off again. May

it.not

be

faid

of

you,

Where

is the

fenfe

of

the Evil

of. Sin.

you

fpake

of?

Where.

is

that

bitternefs upon

your hearts,

on

the

convictions

you had

cf

the

evil

of

fin

?

Where

is

it

?.

What

is

become

of

it

?

As

St.Paul

fayes, the

bleffednefs

you

fpake

of,

Where

is

it

?

What

is

become

of

all

that

ftrength

and

power the

Doctrine

of

Remiff.ìon

of

Sin

had upon

your.

hearts

?

Take another

Scripture , Rerriffìon

of

Sin

is

the

fpecial Bleffednefs

of

the

fecond

Covenant

tha*

God

made.

with

Abraham

;

when he

came

to

Abraham

and

told him,

In

his Seed

all

Nations fionld

be

blefed,

Gal.

.17.

compared

.

with the

24.

In

the

17.

verfe

he fpeaks

of

the Covenant

made

with

Abraham,

and

that the

Law

that

was

430

years

.

after ,

could-

not difannul

the Promife that

it

fhould

be

.

of

none effect,

verfe

2ç.

Wherefore then nerved. the

Law

-?

why

fayes

he,

It

was our

Schoolmaf

er

to

bring

us

unto

Chrift

-

The

(cope

of

the

Apoftle.

is

to

Phew,

that there

is

,a

Covenant=

of

Grace

beyond

that of

the

Law

,

and.

that

the

Covenant

of

.

the

Law

is

to bring

us

to

the.

Covenant

of

Grace

:

and

the

.

principal

thing

in,the

Covenant

of .Grace

is in

the

2¢;- verfe)

The

Law,

fayes

he,

was our

Schoolmaf er

to

bring

us

unto

Cori%.

That. we

might

be

jtáftified by

faith

,

and

thereby receive

B.

remííoit.