Ebe Cobenant of pface Opeateti. 245 6. By Conqueft alfo Believers are brought into this Relation, God hath fubdued them cart6.5, unto himfelf, he has by his Vi&orious Gräcé'gI7.14 overcome them,. and this way they are made his Liege People, and he becomes their God and Soveraign, as having refcued them out of the Hands of Sin and Satan, thofe cruel Ty- rants, whofe Slaves, Subje&s, and Servants Job8.34 they were before : Chrift has fet them free, Rom.6. z6. or made thema free People indeed, to and for 1 °h'8'3` himfelf. 7. ThéEle& are aaually the Lord's People, by the in-dwelling of the HolySpirit, or by virtue of their Myftical Vnion with Chrift by the Spirit, which is the Bondofthis Unionon Chrift's part; and by this means we come to chofe Jefus Chrift as the only Obje& of our Affe&ion, and Bleffed Bridegroom of our. Souls ; and alto hereby we takeGod to be our God, and thus we areaaually and perfonally brought into this Relation to him, in which fente, and in refile& of thefe and the two lait things mentioned, we were not his People bet fore ; for notwithftanding the Covenant A- greement of Parents, or aMarriage byProxy, betwixt great Perfons, yet they mutt after that aaually and perfonally be Married toge- there before they can injoy each other, or pro- perly be faid to be Man andWife : And fo, myBrethren, it is here, for notwithftanding the Decree and Purpofe of_God, and his eternal Compati and Donation ; and alto notwithftand- ing the Purchafe of Chrift, yet till by the Spi- rit we are united to Chrift, and do believe in R 3 him,
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