----~~----~~--~~~~~~-~-- Nsvv CovENANT. I am willing tO enter into Co'_!)enant, to tye my fdfe, to enter into·bond; and therefore, fince the Lordis not.a fhamed to make us his people, lerus not b.e aihamcd to _call him our ·God, to . prQfeffeit,and make it"' good upon all occafions. This is the firft Ufe. . · Secondly, from this difference of the C1ve. nant, you have thefe two things to o~ferve: Firll:, in that the Covenant of Grace onely, is t!Jeminiftration~fthe Spirit, when·the other is but theminiftra_t,ionofthe letter, it lhould teach us thus much, to labour to grow .to a!Ihrance P{e l· '· To gei: atfu. ranee of fGr• givcneffc. ·· of the forgivendfe of our finnes. If a man would dcfire to change his courfe, to have his heart .renewed, .to be made a new creature, to be tranflated from .death to life; the way is not to confider prefcmly rhe Commandemcnt for~ man to thinke with himfelfe, this !ought How to get to do,, ~qd I will fet about it, I .have made a thchearuc– Coven~tnt, I have refol_ved withmy felfe to do ncwed: . . it; butthe\vayis, to labourtoget ~ffuranceof · forgiveneffe,to la-b-our to apprehend the Cove- . nant ofGrace: for by .th;tt meanes thy heart · i11aJ1 befofrned,thetefhall beaninfufionofthe Spirit, that fhall writetbt Lawd[God .inhis.in wardpartJ: allthofe place§ of Scripture make it good, wherein it is [aid,foith p$1rifietb thu heart: and, hy thepromifesweare macfepartakers , of the godly nature) as, 2 Pet.i.4.. and likewife 1 P~tt.4; 1 · Heh~ 9· 14. How much more foal! the bloilrf of 1 Chrift, which, through the eter'!aO Spirit,~ffered \Hcb.g.s•· / himfelfwifhout[a11_!t to God,pf~rgeyour confcienc( 1 " B ~ 4 _ , from · i
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