Covcn:antot Gracetvvo• fold. Sixedifferen • ces betweene theOidand . New.Tefta· nant of Grace, and the C.ovenam,of 'A-rorkes. . Nowth~ Covenan~t of Grace is two~fold, it is eithe:r~the_ Old Tefl:am~nt or the New: they bothagree infubfl:ance, theydiffer onely in the · manner ofthe minifl:rarion; that, which is cal– led thenewTel1:amem,.HeG.7.8,9. which is op~ pofed tothe .old.Tell:ament for fubfl:ance~.is· the . f.1me Covenant, they are both the Covenant of Grace, onely they _differ in tliemanner, and you !hall' finde thefe .fixe differences ,, betweene them. - · . ment. I The new is larger. 2 Itis clearer. I .. Gal,4~ Firft,The New Tell:ament, or the New Co· venanr,islargerthan the Old, it extends to the Gentiles,where as the firfi: was confined onely to the Iewes, it is:onelykept within thewalls·of tliatpeople,and extendedno f~1rrher. Secondly, the Old was expreffed in Type's – and fhadowes, and figures, as for 'example, they had the ·blond of Bulls and·Goat s, they had the wafhings of the bo.dy in cleane water, they the ·offerings · o~ lncehfe; '&c. .by which xhings, other things are meant; as n~mely, the. ·death. ofchrijt,'' and -the fatisfatt:ionlie gave to his.Father by his oeath, anCllik~\vife the ,inward fanctification ofthe fpirit,fignifiedhy the waili– ·. ingofwater; and alfothe workes and the pray-, / ·' ·ers oftheSainrs,that are fweete as ,Jncenfe ~ n.owl (faith the Text, ·G4/.4.) thefe were Elements; and rudiments thatGod ufed to them as chil-l dren, that is, as children have their A, B, C, their firfi: Elements, fo God did fhew to :th.e I ewes thefe principall myfl:eries, 'not inthem-. felues ,
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