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R

envision.

37

God

will bear

the voice

of

thy

breathing:

as

thou

comeft

toPrayer,

and

canf

not tell

what

to

fay

;

mark,canathou

breathe.Gods ear

lies

open

to

the breathings

of

a

foul he

hash received to

mercy

;

thou

cameft to

nie,!

was

a

great way off

fhaking and

trembling,

and thou

drew'fl

near

to

me,

and

faidft

ifear

not,

v.57.

fo

a

poor

foul under

the

guilt

of

fin he

[rands

fliaking and

trembling

;

but

when

God

comes

to

pardon,he

fayes

to

thee

fear

not,

and

becaufe

thou

dar'ft

not

come

to

him

he

comes

to thee,and

fayes peace be

to

thee,fear

not,Heb.

i

o..i

6.the Apo

:Ile

(peaking

of theCovenant

that

God

will

make,

in

v.i

.fayes, Their

fns.and

iniquities will

"remember

no

more

, and

v.18.

Where

remgifion

of

fin

is, there

is-

no

more

offering

for

fin

;

in

y.

i

9.

he infers that

now

therefore,

We

have

boldnefs to

enter

into

the holieft

by

the

blood

offefus; and

V.21.1-laying anHz

h

Prieft

over the Houfe

ofGod,let

us(v.22.)

draw near with

a

true

heart

in

full

affurance

of

faith

God

having

made

a

new Covenant,. and faid,

Their

fins

and

iniqui

ties

I

will

remember

no

more ;

therefore

we

have

boldnefs,

fayes

the Apoftle,

to

enter into

the

Holy

of

Holies

r

In

the

time

of

the

Law

under

the Jewifh.

Pedagogy

none

might enter

intothe

Holy

of

Holies but the

High

Prieft, there

was

but

little

accefs

into

the

Holieft

in.

the time

of

the

Law

-;

but

now

when the Gofpel

comes,

Chrift

having

offered up

himfelf

a

Sacrifice

there needs

no

more

Sacrifices,

he

at

once

ha,

ing purged

away

fin

by

his

own

blood,..

has

opened

a

new

and

a living

way

that

we may

come

with

boldnefs now

into the Holiefi :

fo

that

a believing

foul

need

now not

i'rand

a.

far off fhaking,

but may

come

in to

the

Privy-

Chamber;

and

enter into the

Holy

of

Holies, and draw

near

with a true heart

in

full affurance

of faith : and'this

comes

from,

fin

pardoned

;

Oh

bleffed

is

he

that

hash

his

fin

pardoned,

that-

has

fuch a

priviledge

following

thereupon,Eph.3.12.In

whom we

have

boldnefs

and

accefs

with

confidence by

the

faith

of

him,.

Chrift

being

our High Prieft we have boldnefs, liberty

of

fpeech,,

bo

the Original

;

a

great

many

knownot how

to pray,

and

they

think

all

the

Prayers

of

the

Saints

have nothing,

in

then-

but a:

great

deal

of

Non

-fenfe

,

becaufe

they

undèrftand not

what

the

work

of

God.

is

in

the

hearts-

of

his

people

;

the

Säints

have

by faith in

him

liberty of

fpeech,

there

is a'.bleffed

freedom

a,

gracious heart

hath5,,

being once

juftifiedby

Chrift,

to

of

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