4 · Itismore firme. ther; it was weakeand unprofitable, and there– fore it continued not, it had an end, as you know the fecond proved~.ffeduall to take away finne, and to fanctifie us, and thereforeit is an everla– fring Covenant, the Tdl:ament that continues . for~ver.. . Fourthly, theydiffer in the confirmation·; this fecond Teltament, the New TeJl:ament, was confjrmed by an Oath, and confirmed by the bloud ofthe Tdl:ator, by the blood·of cbri.ft, ,whereas the other was· confirmed by the b'10od ofGoates, aswe·fee,Exod.24·. it is called the bloodiftheCovemmt, wherewith the Booke of .theCovenant was fprinkled, that is, the ilied– dingofthe bloud ofbeall:s,confirmed the Cove– nant: but this is-confirmed by the deathofchrift himfelfe, and according!y it hath new feales put , to.it, Baptifme andthe Lords Sapper, whenthe Old Teframent had other feales:;- Circumcijibn · . andt'he Paffiove~. ! s· Fifthly, .they differinthis5 in 'the New 17e– \It gives mor.e : frament there is--- a more deere perfpicuous ·. 'knovdcdg~ ! knowledge of things, there are better promifes, a larger irafufion · of the Spirit, . th·ere is more deereneffe -as .we fee, He!J .8. 10 . <.After thofe dayes ,foith the Lord-; I wilt put my Lawes into theirmi11des , &c. And theyfha!lnotteach e .. "t!ery man his ,neigh6our, a;tdev rry onehishrother, . foy.ing-; know theLord: forallJludlknowme, from theleaj tothegreatejlofti:Jem. That is, they 11ull know ·much·more, and ha whi~h they doe know )hey,· ihall kr~O\V'· i!J)i othet· manner: they
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