NEVV Gov.E N ANT. ~f! which the Saints have b.eene built, from the be"' ginning of the world, unto thisday: There is nogroundyouhaveto beleeve you 1hallbefaved,there is no.ground to beleeve that any promife of God f11all be made good to you, to be1eeve that you fllall have the price of the high calling of God in Iefus chri.ft, and thofe glo· rious riches ofthe inhe~itance preparedfor us in hiin; I fay,there is no other ground at all,but upon this.Covma,nt; a:ll that we teach you, from dayto day, are but concl~fions drawne from this .Covenant, they are all built upon ·this: Therefore;ifever you had caufe to attend any thing,you have reafon to attendto this; I fay, this Covenant betwecne God and ' US. And therefore we will labour to open to you ·now more deerely and diftincHy this Cuve. rumt; though adifficult thing it is,to ddiver to· A.f»rd·thing ·youcleerely what it is,and thofethat belong to to unfold the Covenant~£ it: Yet you muft know it, for it is the ground Grace. of allyouhopefor,itisthatthat every Man is built upon, you have no other ground but this, God bath made a Covenant with you, and you are in Coventmt with him: therefore,that . I may iliew it to you,we will proceed from the ·very firft preachingof the Covenant to Ad4m•. ·When the Serpent had overcome the Woman and fuppliant her and the Man; and had . ' thrownethem from their happineffe, Godhim-· felfe firft preached the (}_qfpell to them, and ' that in thefe termes j after he had charged them with their finne,and had humbled them,) for 1: . .-•." that ! l
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