244 farDÍfpiap of Ciagot.tgi Care ; Or,.. Young Man, as before mentioned, night not :Uwe the Perfon his Father Covenanted with her Guardian to be his Wife, or he might not be able to obtain her Affe&ions, but Chrift's Love was fet uponhis intendedSpoufe from everlafting, and alfo he knew how to gain our Love, and uniteour Hearts to him- felf, and that by fheding his Love abroad in our Hearts by the Holy Ghoft, Rom. 5.5. The Love of Chrift, hath in it a Phyfical Operation. And thus, my Brethren, by Covenant, and the free donation of the Father, we become God's People, or in a remote fenfe, were thus brought into this Blefred Relation to him ; yob. 7.6. Thine they were (that is, byEle&ion) and thou gavefl them me. Vert 9 Again he faith, I pray not for the World, but for them that thouhaft given me, for they are thine. 4. TheElea are God's People by virtue of Chrift's Purchafe, he bought them with his I Cor. 6. own Blood ; Te are'not your .own, for you are 19, 20. bought with a price, &c. and it was that they Might be a peculiar People unto God : Hence 7'Zí,2, I4, the Apoftle faith, Whogave himfelffor us, that he might redeem us fromll Iniquity, andpurifie unto himfelf a peculiar People zealous of Good Works ; or a famous or principal People, as theGreek Word renders it. Without this Price had been laid down, we had never been brought into this Relation unto God. 5. They are God's People byRenovation, or Regeneration, Ofhis own Will begat he us by the Word of Truth, 6.By
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