Ebe Cobenant of peace Owen+ count it as the Blood of another Man, or as an unholy and unprofitable thing, it had been better for filch if they had never been Born. V. We may moreover from hence fee the aVolute necefl'ity there is of the Work andOf- fice of the Holy Spirit, in order to the Ap- plicationof the Blood of the Covenant, and all Covenant Bleflings unto us : The Holy G hoft deferves (my Brethren) equal Glory with the Father andthe Son. The Holy Spi- rit muff plant Grace in our Hearts, or be a Vital Principle in the Soul ; it is he which infufes facred Habits, from whence all Vital Aecs proceed ; by the Spirit we come to have the root of the matter in us, from whence all Spiritual Fruit flows ; 'tis the Spirit that draws us to Chrift, that unites our Souls to him, without it the Death of Chrilt profits no Man, it is he which fprinkles his Blood on our Confciences. O let our Mediations fwim in the unlimited Ocean of Love and Divine Goodnefs, and magnifie all the three Perfons of the Bleffed Trinity. VI. We may furthermore learn from hence to fee what abfolute neceffity there is of the Revelation of this Myftery through the Word or Holy Gofpel, what lignifies all Na- tural Religion, doth naturally light in Man, difcover any thing of our Redemption and Reconciliation by Jefus Chrift ö And from hence let usbe moved to abhor thofe New and Cuffed Notions, which at this Day fo much prevail, which tend to raze the very Founda- tion of the true Chriftian Religion ; for filch that 297.
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