TheCovenat ofGrac:r,the minithatioB, I . OftbeSpirit. I 2 OfLoat~ ! OfLife. . Celferu;y~d venue of t-he ' Wall to be hard, it ·fhould ber?; but it is the weakneffc and fragili– . tie, .. and bi·ittleneffe of the Velfell, and thence comes it to b'c broken a· funder :and fo in this cafe, the reafon why this Law, or Covenant of workts (is aminifrration ofdeath,andof emni– -. tic., it is not becaufe thereis any imperfection in · the Law, it arifeth rather from theperfection of it,but it) isfrom the weakendfe o£the fleih that is mot able to keepe theLaw; it is the excellency ofthe Law,thatitis foperfect, that aman is not able to keepe it; it arifhh, I fay, from the weak– neffe.and infi'rmitie of the flefi1, that is not able to ohferue this Law. Now, on the other fide, as the Covenant of Worksis thus,foyou ihall find that thecovenant of Grace, Firfr, is amil!iftration of the Spirit, andnot of the letter. · · Secondly, aminiflration oflove, not of enmi– tie; of[nedome, not of bondage; it is a mini· fl:ration of righteoufneffe, as it is there calied the miniftration of righteonfneffe;fur if the minijlrationofcondemmrtionwereglorious, much more jha/1 theminijlration ofrighte,oufneffiex;eed ~~ry. . . Thirdly, 4 min~flrationoflift and jufiificati– on, and not a minifiration of death and con– demnation. The ground ofthis, and how it is thus, we lha fhewyou, by expreffing to you the order ho• w thefe depend, and foHow one, upon the other: whena man hath looked upon · the --------------------------~----------
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