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Promïfes
of
Spirituali
&
Temporallthings,compared. CAP,
I
V.4:
e
;,
c
ondition
his
Law
be
in
their hearts
,
hewill write it there. thankes yet for
i
o
5
that: On
what condition
doth God promife,that they
fhall
abide with
him
for
ever?
Why,on condition they
depart not
from him: very good!
To
what end
loth
God promife that,which he
will
not
effe&
,
but
only on condition
that
there
is
no
need
for him
fo
to
doe? But faith
he.
7.
If
the
Spiritualipromifes
be
abfolute,
fo
muff the
Temporal!
be
alfa For
their
accomplifhing depends
folly
on
the
things mentioned and
prat:
filed in the
Spirituall.`
Anf.
z.
Temporall
things
in
the
Promifes
are often expreffed only
to
be a
refemblance, and
to
fet
off
fome
eminent
Spiritual) Grace
intended
, as
[hall
afterwards appeare. In
that
fenfe
the
Promifes mentioning
fuch
things, are
a-
&wally
and fully accomplilhed
in
the collation
of
the
Spirituali things by
them
typed
and refembled.
a.
Temporali
Promifes
as
fuch,
belong not
pri-
marily
to
the
Covenant
of
Grace,as they are
of
Temporali
things for
the
fob
-
fiance
of
them,
but
to
the Covenant with
that
whole
Nation,
about their
in-
heritance
in
the Land ofCanaan ,
which
was
expreffely
conditional), and
which
held
out
no
more
of
Gods intendment
to that
Nation;
but
only
that
there
should
be aninviolable connexion
between their
Obedience
Sc
Profpe-
rityes.
3.
The
things
in this Promife are exprefly differenced from
the
things
of
that
Covenant
, on this account
,
that
that
Covenant
being broken on
the
part
ofthe
Nation, they enjoyed
not that
which was laid
out
as
a
fruit
of
their
Obedience;but
this
shall
never be violated
or broken,
God
undertaking for
the
accomplifhing
of
it,
with another manner
of
engaging, and futable
pow-
er exerted, then
in
that
of
old.
Heb:
8. 7,
8,
9, i
o.
Cap.
ro.
16, 17.
But
faith he,
8.
The
exprelon
o
f
a
Covenant
plainly
(heroes
it
to
be
conditional);
for
a Co.
venant
is not,but
upon
the mutual)
.ffipulation
of
parties;
when
one
failes,thea
is
the other true.
Anf,
i.
The
word
Berith
is
fometimes ùfed for
a
tingle
Promife without
a
condition.
Gen
:6.182cap. 9.9.
Whence the
Apoflle
handling
this very
Pro-
mile
changeth the termes, and calleth it
a
Teí}anient.
In
a Teleamentary
di-
fpenfation,
there
is
not
in
the nature
of
it any mutual) fiipulation
reqúired,but
only
a
meere
Engle
favour and
grant or
conceflion.
2.
It
may be
granted,
that
here
is
a
flipulation
of
duty
from
us,
God promifing
to work that
in
us,
which he requires
of
us: and
thereby
is
this Covenant diflinguifhed from
that
which
was
difanulled. In
the
good
things
indeed
of
this
Covenant, one
may
be
the
condition
of
another, but both are
freely beflowed
ofGod:
And
thefe are
Mr Goodwin exceptions
againft this
Tefrimony,whichcometh
its,
in
the
calla
of
God, and
his
Saints,
that
we have
in
hand.
His
next
attempt
is
to
'give
you.
the
fenfe
ofthe words
on
this confideration,
to
manifeft from
thence,
that
this
Promife
of
Godmay
come
fhort
of
Accomplifhment.
This then at length
is
the account
that
is
given
in
of
the
fence
of
the
Pro.
mite in hand, and
all
others
of
the
like
nature.
I
will
give them
one
heart
and
one
way,
that
they may
feare
me
for
ever; acid
will put
my
fear
into
their hearts,
that
they
Pall
not, or
may
not
depart
from
me,
(i.e.)
I
will
deale
fo
above meafure
gracioufly
and
bountifully
with
them, as well
in
matters relating
to
their Spirituali
condition,
as
in things concerning
their
out-
ward condition,
that,ifthey
be
not
ptodigioufly,
re
firaelory,
fiubborne,and
tint
hank-
fit//,/
will
overcome
their
evills
with
my
GoodnefJ'e,éi
will
caufe
them
to owne mee
for
their
God,
and
will
reduce
them, as
one
man,
to a loving
and
loÿall
frame
and
temper
of
heart,that
they
fhali
willingly
with
a
free
and
full
ptsrpofe
of
heart
feare
andferve
me
for
ever. Se&
:55.
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fin
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