NEvv Co -vENANT. ~j1 when.theheartis foftned,and reconciledtoGod, it clofeth with the Commandemenr, as thefott , clay doth withthem~uld,an~isreadieto~e~eive any impreffion; bur,ull.then,Itrebel~ agamfhhe Commandement,and fiands out as ahardftone, rhat 'recdves no impretlion; and thereforethe way is not t0 g~about to ·reforme our lives as xporall men,tothinke yvith thy felfe, there are- . -. thefcduties, I mufi take a courfe to performe them, anq enterioto vowesjn particu1arcourfes N~tt,. with q~y felfe to dotheih-:-no,myBeloved, the way· is to get aJfurance of (.org'ivenelfe,~tolaboll{ to be partaker ofthe Covenant of Grace ~ your hearts will then be foft ned, when you bane received the fpirit, that hath wrought in your hearts a difpo!ition anfwerablero the.Law withour,when the Law is put into yourmindes. And that is the firfi difference. The{Ccond is, in. regard of the difference of P/e 3 • the 'two Te£l:aments the fecond Tetl:am~nt!> beFrom the:. , iflg fiabliiliedupon.better promifts. What is the dhlfl(!lf!c nce~f · h h 11 • r. . d b' · t e ovcaats reafon t at t · e New Teuament xs· 1a1 to e ~eft. ftablilhed upon bettei· promifes ' ~ ·Beloved, A nfPP. this is the condition of the New Te'ltament · Why th~New 11.. 11 fi d . ~ 1" 1 ffi f h, Tdi:arnentis you HJ~ n em tt very ltt eexpre ton o t -e' ilablifued on promifes of this life,; looke· in all the Epibetter promi· . files of Pat~!, and the other EpifHes, 1oo~e fes. to all the ·Doctrine of.the :GofpeH, -:and you . fha-11 fee.the -things that arc ite.rated~- ftiH they .are thefe; ·You· iliaH . bee faved, -you flnU . haue your finn·es forgiven, you fhall be jufti1 fied) you fhall be fandified, you fhall receive the
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