N EVV CovENANT. . ~2ri · the CovenAnt of workes, and fee death i~ it, · fees a ftriet Law that he is not able to keepe; · then comes the C8vuumt of Grace, and 1hewes .to him a righteoufnelfe to fatisfie that Law,that himfelte never wrought, ffiewes him a way of · obtaining pardon and remiffion for the finnes that he bath commited againft this Law,by the death and fatisfadion of another; when · he fees-:this, he fees wiihall the ··goodne1fe and mercy ofGod, giving this to him·for ·his.falvati · on, out of his free grace and mercy; and when he -fees it, the opinions .,of a finner is changed.· marke ;I .fay; his opinion, his-difpofition and· . affedion.is altered, he lookes not onGodnow as uponahardand,cruell Mafter, but he loQkes - upon·himnowasa God exceedingfnllofmercy and compaffion; ·whence ·this followes; that his heart melts toward the L~rd, it relents, it comesto beafoft heart;that is eafie and trada 1 ble, it is not haled . now to the Commande. ment, bttt outofan·irigenuitie and willingneffe, . he comes ,and. ferues lthe Lordwith ·alacritie and ~heerfulnetfe: the. difpofition is wrought . in hi~, . becaufe now he fees another way, .. his appr·ehenfion is altered, even as a fervant s·--·, , -,,.,;s~~;. when it is revealea fohim thatheisafonne,and · thatthofe hard taskes that are laid on him, are ~he beft-way to lead him to happineffe, they are bht rules of dii:ettion, for his owne wealth, · and for his owne.advantage, he doth themnow - with all willingnelfe, the cafe is ·altered, he Iookes not now upon the .Law_>Of,God-as an· enemy,
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