18 ~ ... , .. ThelM•utabili~ ~~ GoD. for Gon is unch6~tgc&vle ; and thisCovenant,it is annJerl&fling Covenant. Confider,tbat it is eve– -.ry where called .fo : !fa. 5i· ;.~ it is fa id to he an ever14jling Cot·cnaJ~t, becaufe it ·is founded upon . ther~remcrcieJ ofDwid: G0 D gave S~t~l mercies - as well as Dlvia; Goo tellshim, that hce thall : have the Kingdome, if bee will walke in .hi$– wayes; but S-4~/ll:art~doutofthewayesofGoo, and foG on performed his part;but yet the Co. \'enant was broke,be(aufesa:.l performed not his part. Andas it was with SAul, fo it was with the · peopleof lfrael; becaufe they, broke the Cove- . aant on their parts, Go o alfo broke his~ JJavitl' Hkewife ftartedout of theway, as well as S&u/; but they were fure mercies that were promifed him, for it was an ever/aPingCwenant of mtr&ie. ; Therefore you muet: know this, that th~re is a< two-fold Covenant: Firfi,afmgle CtJvenAnt, fuch · as Go o makes with his children, when theyare . baptited;which is·tbis; Ifyouwill velettJtand re– trnt,andwa.lke in.m,y:wayes, yom fhatl:lbe faved: Bow if.tbeybreake 't hc·condition,G O .:» is freed, hee isnot boundany filrtber. Secondly, athu6l CwtnANt, t0perfortne both parts; which is this: Ifyouwill bdee-t·r,~nd rtpen:t, you {hall be faved; and_, Iwill giveyou.anheart, and·you fhatl repmt and :beleeve, and be f~ved ; I began the w~rke, and I .will tinifh -it : here is no~ onefy aCove.... ~nt on ·G.().o·s part, to·be OUJ. Fat-her; bwt on aur parts alfo, as in .theother ·:· for G G-·D ·dotll ' not onely •prGtnife for his part , .but makes a Covenantai-~ to.enabie·us te-performethe con.. · , ditions
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