' . .. _:·,.__-"-----------..-------.----- ~·+ 1 OFT H 'E 3 Themanner ofwri~ing the Lawiathc · heart. ----------------------~-------- as wlien-lett€rs are ingrav.ed in Marble, you knowj·theycontinuethere, .they are not eafily wo:me·out, and thatis meant by.it} Iwill plantt my Law iathyheart, it -!I1all n~ver out againe, therewill Iwriteit, there !ball -it ;continue.: this isthe fecond -thing that is meant by·it, ·it !ball -be -Mt.urall to you; for that is meant .by this, .wherriris fayd,that it £hall be printed, itiliall ae gravenand writren in the heart, and likewifdt fuall be perpetuall,idhall never weare outagaine as thirigsthat are written in the duft, butit !balL ·:bewritte.nfo as it.ihall never .a,gaine be oblitre... -rated. Thethit'athing to :be exprelfed, :is theman- . ner ofchatwriting ofit; theApofHe here com– pares himfelfe and all other Mini~rs .to the ·Penne;hutitis-Chrijlthatwritesthe Epiftle, the EpilHeis his, forthefeworkes he dath init,,it is · he thlt takes the Pen,it is he that handles it, and ufeth it, it is he that puts lnke iruo thePen, it is bethat appliesit; ·{a thar ~though the .Mini!l:er bethe immediate writer of thefe Lawes -in the heart; yet the Inke is the Holy ;Gholt, and it comes Originally from Chrift; and hefides, they are -notleft ta themfelves but the Lord mull:coocurre.witb them ..immediately.; we are but co-welkers with'him, he hol<is our hands, as itw.ere, when wewrirerheEpifl:le in any mans heart, itis ~he that guides the Penne, dts>itis he that puts Inkeintoit, .it comes originally from · him, ·and therefore the Epi£He is h~. Belides, - this is _further to be-confidered in this Meta. _pho~ /. ------~----------~--------------~
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