-. . 'f ,. . . thoulhalttakemy Sonnefor thy Lord-, and d_}y. · Saviour, and-thou flultlikewife receive the gift ·· ofrighteoufneffe,. which waswrou·ght by him, :, for an abfolution forthy fiune.s, for areconcili- ; ation with me, a~~ 'thereupon thou1balt grow up in love ·and obedience towardsme,then lwill be thyGodand thou fhalt be my people. This is the Covenant of Grace,Theujba!t beleeve,and ta!a 1 ' mySunn!,andaccept of~hegift ofrighteoufoes,and · 1wfUbethY. God. The difference betw.eene them youJhalJ -find. 2 Cor. 3'· where you ili:dl fee 3.dif– Athrce-fold ferences, to reduce themto-thofe heads, I will, : ·difference be.. bl · h · 1 1 1 fl. rvveenerhem. nottrou e you .wtt particu ar paces, eu: I 1 Differenc(', fiaytoo.longupoa them; The 6rft eo.. The firlt. Covenant was a tMiniftrt~tion of the · . venantthe L h . . h fi n. C h . miniftration etter; t arts, m t e ru ovenant, t ere was . I I ! i oftheletter. no more heardnorfeenc, but the naked ·Com.. · mandemenr, _it was written in ·Tables of ~one, . and·prefented to them;there.wem.with it no ap~ nelfe, no difpqfition to keepe it;they heard what · the Law·was, theyfaw what God required; but . there was no more,and thofethatweredeclarers . ofit,~vere ~utthe tMinijl(rsofthe Letter,11ndinot. oftheSpirit; 1-.Diff'erence, Secondly, _this Covenant, it-brings onely ·a It breeds en. fervile feare,. and and enmitie; fot when aman mitire . .i r lookes upon the ·Author ofthis -~ovenant, and· he heares no mo-re ·but the Law, and what it re~ ·quires;he Iookes upon Godas a hard MaJter, . as an enemy·: againe, .he lookes upon his--Law · asahard andcrueU1aw,as a heavie .yoke,asao · unfupportable bondage, and therefore he: hat~s : It, ; . ' .
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