----------~--~--------~--~------~-- Co v E.NANT. NEVV ledge, as it is:faid ofthe Corimk!ans, that th'eY :were rich in all knowledge,and m every grace. Thefe ar.e thebett~r p:romifes~ _this is ,~he better; andmore glorious,condition. ·So·rthat,,if there iliould be a-CenfJU.ofmen, .as one m.ay.fo-fay;if there ihould-he :an_eftimation of menjas there. ~~'ft~:!~ .was .wont to be amongft the · Romans, they acc:ordingto were put in -fever.all- conditions,.. ~nq one was. their-&rac:er.. ¥Torth thusmuch, ~ndanotherfomud1;Indeed if Godi11ouldmakefucha Cenju;; as every man . is richer in grace,, as he excels in thefe be_tter _priviledges, as he bath had thefe I?:etter promi– fes fulfilled more.or.ldfe. to<him_,_ fo ·he fhould be reckoned a· more excellent . man, . and ·· fo – {bould every man efieeme both ofhimfe1£eand ' others: and there is very great reafon for- it; becaufe when a manis rich ingra~e, richinfpi– ,rimau · ble!Iings, .when he h'ath"the fpirituall .– promifes, he bathGodiimagerenuecrin him,he . hath GDd to be ·his friend, who is the Governor · , ofth~. World,.and.he is rich (as I faid )-whom Goctslayeur Godfavours,he hathgracethatheales his foulel' mtketh-ridJ. which is .that that makes his'happin·effe ; It is , that, which is the.inward fafhioning of every: man·sapprehenfioJ?,thar makes him happy, that brings -comfort to him. Now ·they.are thefe;· better ·pr.omifes,they are the-graces; the ·confo-· lations· of the Spirit,the_worke of rhe Holy· Ghofr, .the vertue of.,regenerati9n ; . I. fay, it is : that that falliions the heart, and the inward ap– wehenfion ;it is- thatthat h~ales thefoule; .and . ·,~ornes:it,itis that that puts into..it !!Oother., a·· . fitter ·
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