12 The Gofpel Preached under the Old and venture thy Soul on that ; if there be no fuch way, then the Goit pel is a Lye, and wilt thou fay the Gofpel is a lye ? We have a prop verb, as foe as Gofpel. There is nothing fo clear, and fure, andcer- tain, as the Gofpel. All Happinefs depends on the believing of the Gofpel. Therefore take heed of, and ftrive againft Unbelief, labour as much againft it as againít any other Corruption : And the chief help is a clear understanding, a.clear infight and underftanding in the Myftery of the Gofpel, this will help againft all thy Unbelief; then all thy Obje., efions will vanilh as Darknefs before the Sun. It's Ignorance of the Gofpel fromwhence fo many Objeaions arife : Beg of God to give thee clear Gofpel-Light, and this will be the belt means to overcome anda overpower that Sin rfUnbelief. Did men fee the Excellency, theTruth and Goodnefs of the Gofpel ; they would receive it gladly .. ami thankfully. The Gofpel is both true tydings and glad tydings, it's both trueand glad tydings. Now were this believed, it would cheat up the Hearts of poor Sinners. Hebrews I. i, God, who at feindry times, and in divers manners fpake in time pall unit. the Fathers by.the Prophets, bath in thefe laft days fpoken unto us by his Son, whom he bathappointed Heir ofall things, by whom alto he made the Worlds Who being the Brightnefs ofhis Glory, and the exprefs Image ofhisper /n, and upholding all things by the Word of his power, when he had by himfelf purged our Sins, fat down on-the right band ofthe Majefly on high THAT the Gofpel was preached to them under the Old Tefte- ment, as well as tous under the New, hash been cleared from Reb. 4. 2. where the Apostle faith, Vnto us was the Gofpel preached, as well as unto them. We are next to confider, How it was preached unto them. Now to this the Text anfwers, that it was done in divers man- ners, and at fendry times. noATTPO'nsr2 and<rtonTMEPT5 :' The fcope-of thewords is to compare andprefer theGofpel Difcoveries and manifeftatioíis of God before the Legal. Which he doth by a moil elegaht Antithefis between them Then God fpake to the Fathe%now'k` to us; that was by the Prophets, but now by his Son : Thofe Difcoveries were ofold, and fo are pafI'edaway, but the Gofpel is in thefe laft days And. finally, *ben he fpake in divers manners, and at fendry times But nowhe hash îxxedt upon this one way, and once for all, to reveal himfelfby his Son. We
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