' . ~~- . ---=---·- ---J;,~. ·---- - · The ImmutA&ility tij'Goo. _. 1 87 · ditiQns onour part : and therefore it is called a . . . · J,.,!J/e Cut)et~ant. And it is impo!ftble that this Covenant tbould be broken ; fo~ Jhen G o o fbould brea.ke it bimfelfe, (in that he isengaged {or both parts) and fo bechange~ble,ifhe fhould • not give thee a nm hurt, and keepe thee from· the firll: day of thy regeneration , till death. . Th.:refare it is an everLtfting Ctn.JtHant, and the : , fruits ofit arefurt W~trcies; it is a JDuble Covena»t, . and therefore cannot bechanged. And it iscal- · led, co,p.t[k2ns tb.it[4ilt not: why are they called : f0 l but tQ (hew the .WI&ifallgt~Zh/enejftof this C~ , ,venant.•. . But youwill fay, Wh~t if I fallint<>finne? f Objtll. will forgive them, faith theL~rJ. Ob, but luff·s .Anfw. doe rebeU,.oid lti£h,and new, bur,faith tileLord, !ailinginto · 1 . 11 • t: h d . · unncs, cannot Wl , rnottLnet em>an ·g1ve yongrac:e to overfruRratc GMI come the.m. Oh, bat grace is fubj~Cl to decay: Co¥Cnant. but.I.will renewit, faith aoJ. If thynnnes and : IuJbs .fhould ex:eeedhis m~rcies,theD:theyiliould fa.ile ;.- Pl.lt they. cannot: And therefore, they are. , ' Jta1).ed~Cd111pa.Jfi•n,rth4:tf4iltnot. · , · · \ ': l\e~de$, ·com6~.er this, that the Covenant is m:ad~ Jn ltfm Chr1H. There·are two,.Ad11~J; hee made a ca~enantwithbQth: with the fi'rft .Aa'Jim 1 lleitoa~e·~ Covenanr;as.withthectommon root of ~11- mankind; but AJ4mbrake the Covenant,and fodid•all hismemb~rs inhim. But there is a. fe– ~9f!4.4·~m} ~nd.all that are faved', aremembers. . . ofhim .as truly asweeareofthe-firfi: Ad~m. ; and :t,r \ he·kept theCovenant:·and tberefore,ifbe ltand, they lhallftandalfo. . · _ _ · . . F f 4 . Againe, ~; ; ..
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