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170

gofea

Wexniflion.

parries

;

when God

reveals

this

to

thy

foul,

that

though thou

be

by

nature

an

Enemy

tome,

and haft

broken the

fiat

Co-

venant

that

I

made

with

the

Children

of

men, and art

caft

off,

yet

be

it known

unto

thee

O thou

wretched foul,

I

am

content

to

enter into another Covenant

with

thee

;

there

is

a

fecond

Covenant

for life

and

falvation tliar

I

have made

with

poor man

through

my

Son,

and

I

require

that

thou

fhould'ílcome

in, and

give

up thy

(-elf

in

an

eveïlaftingCo-

versant

to

make

me to

be

thy

God, and

to

clofewith

me

and

my Son in

tvhatfeever

I

call thee to in

whatfoever

thou

haft

or can't-1d°

to

give

up

thy

felt

to

the power

of

me

and

my

Son

;

this

thou

muff

ingage

and

rye

thy

Pelf

unto,

in

the

firongcft

Bonds

that

can

be

;

this

is

the

nature

of the Cove.

nant

:

we

know there

were

two

Covenants, and all the

good

of mankind

in the

firft Covenant depended

on

this,

his

do-

fing

with

the

tearms

of it

:

Now

the

rearms

of

the

firs

Co-

venant

was,

Do

thii and

live

;

but

that

is

broken, and

we

have

loft

our ability

:

Now

the

fecond

Covenant

-is,

Believe

and

lív

and

the foul

that

God

pardons,

he

brings

into

the

Bond of the

fecond

Covenant ; it

is

brought

to

come

and

give

it felf

up

to

the Lord, and

to

be

content to bind it

Pelf

with

all

bonds

unto

God,

that

he

and

he

only (hall

be

my

God,

as

I

delire

him

to

be

mine, and

his

grace and

mercy

to

be

mine

,

fo

alt

that I

have or

can

do,

(hall

be

his

;

I

fur

-

render up

my

felf,

and

ingage my foul to

be

his for ever, my

Eftate,Abilities,whatever

I

have,

or can

doAlallbehis':

Now

put

this to

your

Own

fouls,

you

hope

your

fins

are

pardoned

:

But

hath

God brought you

into

the

Bonds

of

the Covenant?

Hath

God

ingaged

hirnfelf

to

you

by

his

Wo°d,to

be

your

God?

and

on the

other

fide,

Are your

hearts

ingaged to him

by

the ftrongeft

Bonds

that

can

be

?

and

if

there

be

any

other

Bonds

that

are

ftronger

to tyc

your

fouls

to

God

;

Can

your

fouls

fay, the Lord

knows

I

am

content and willing

be

in-

gaged ; and

that

you will

account

it

your

happinefs

to

be

ryed in the

ftrongeft

Bonds

that

can

be?

If

it

be fo

with

thee,

now

peace be

to

thy

foul, thy

fins are

pardoned

:

as

on the

one fide,

God

hath

made

a

Covenant

with

thee,

fo

on the

other

fide he

hath

brought

thee

to

be

in Covenant with

him;