Hooker - BT780 H7 1637

The soda efeifti a1IcallingtoChrift. 4t lege, that the Lordas he makes this condition with the foule,fo alfo hekeepeth us inperforming the condition, for the Lord he req ores that the foule thould reft upon him, and he make him alfo todoe it:he requires the foule to cleave untohim. Ezek. 36.26, 27. There is the tenor of thi, cove- nant, A new heart will Igiveyou, anda newfpirit ! trliput within you, and 1will rake awayyour flon7 heart, andgive you a heart o f flefh, and frail/plat my fpirit withinyeu,and caufeyou to walk in my gauges Or if they will walke in my wayes, out of th'ne owne power, then Iwill vouchfafe thismercy and favour. Now the Lord requires this condition, andworkes italfö inhis children. he requites this ofthern, and he workes this in them, for their e- verlaftinggood; asHeb. 8.9. the Lord Eith,ThL is the covenant i will make with thehour of Ifrael; Y writemy lawesin their hearts, and they¡hall not need tobe taught. Mcn muff knowGod, andbeleeve in the Lord. Now as the Lord requires this, as the condition ofthe covenant; fo the Lordwill work this inthem, as he requires this of them. John . 12. the text faith, To them that beleeve,he gave them power to be the ronnesofG od. Now if manwill be- lceve, he {hallbe faxed. Now then hee makes a man beleeve that he mayhe a fó nw. This is the fecond paffage whereby the foule of a finer comestobe cheered : or that there i n not onelya- bundanceof fufñciency in th. Lord'lefits Chrift ; but that mercy, asit isal-leto doe himgood, fo it will makehim partaker ofthegood. The thirdparticular is this, That as mercybath F 3, ail

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