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gofpel Remiflion.

day

to

hear

thy.

Word

calling

me

out of

the

ways

of

fin,

Oh

that

I

might

have

together

with that

the

inward

call

of thy

Spirit,

when (hall

I

hear

that

fecret voyce

!

this

is

the rea-

fon,

though

I

have

been

convinced

many

times

at

the

hearing

of the

Word,

yet

my lin

hath

prevail'd

again{}

me,

becaufe

that

inward

fecret

powerful

voyce

hath

not

come to

my

foul

; that

is

the firfl Evidence,

whom he

hash

them

be

bath

called.

A

Second

Evidence

is

this,

Whomfoever

god

pardons

be

receives

into

Covenant

with

himfelf

;

all pardoned

anthers

arc

Cove-

nanters

with

God

:

God pardons

no

foul

but

fuch an one

as

he brings

into

the Bond

of

the

Covenant with himfelf

;

that

is

the

way

of

the

conveyance

of

the

-grace

of God

for

the

pardon

of

fin,

to

bring the

foul

into the

Bonds

of

the Cove-

nant

;

the

Scripture

is

evident

in

this, that

forgivenefsof

fin

is

made

a

(pedal

fruit of

the New Covenant,

that

is

clear

e-

nough,

Jer.

3 z

.

3

3.

Behold,

the

days come,

faith

the

Lord,that

1 will

make a

New

Covenant

with

-the

Miele of

Irrgel,

&c.

what

is

the

fpecial

end

of

that

Covenant?

i

will

forgive

their

Iniqui-

ties,

and remember

their

fins

no

more

;

But how

does

that

come

in

;

it

comes

in

by

way

of

Covenant,

1

will make

a

New

Go-

venant;

I

will

firfl

receive

them into Covenant, and then

they

final!

have

the

fruit of

this

New Covenant,

that

their

fins

íha1l

be

forgiven, and their inidu

tits

remembred

no more

The

New

Covenant

is a

myfler

e

to

moll

people.

and

yet

it

isa

certain

truth,

the pardon

of

thy

tin,

and

thy

eternal

good

depends

upon

it

;

thou

art

one

that

God

has

brought

into

Covenant

with

himfelf,

if

thou

beef}

or

ever

(halt

be

pardoned,

as

God will manifefl

to thy

foul,

that

he

bath

through

his Son

tyed and bound

himfelf

to thee

to

be thy

God,

that

whereas before

thou

wer'c

departed from

him,

and an enemy

to

him,

yet now

he

is

pleafed call

thee to

enter

into

a

fecond

Covenant after

thou had

'

fl broken the

firD,

and

wer't

call

off

by

reafon

of

that

breach,

God

is

con-

tented

to

enter

into

a

fecond

Covenant

with

thee,

to

be

thy

God in.and

through

his

Son

;

thou

art

to come

in and joyn

in

this

Covenant

;

for to a

full

Covenant

there

mull

be

affent

on

both

fides,

there

mull

be

a

mutual

ingagement of

either

Z

parties,

i