c ·ov& NANT• .mites I willgive thee a ftede,and in thatfoed0 Tlte Cove· thou 4att ~ee Mej[ed. I wi/l g ive thee this good nant.onGoa'r. J' . h C f-G partiSpromJ· · Land, &c. So that t e _ovenant o race red. {l:ands on Goas part all in promife~: Now, you know,thatit is Faith that anfwers thepro– niife: For the promife is to beb eleev~d; ifthe - ·Covenant had IJ:oodin precepts, & Comman– dements, and rules ofthe ~aw, then it mull: haue beene anfwered by workes, and obedi– ence, and th re.tore it could not be byobcdi– en,ce : Forthat holds not proportion, there is not agreement betweene them; But lince the Covenant con(tfl:s of promifes, that , mu.Ct needes be by beleeving, and not by' workcs. Reaf.4• Fourthlyand IaG:ly,it is by Faith, becaufe the Lordwould have it by free Grace, and not of debt: For, if the Lord fhould give a Law and rules to men, and pr ·mife them life upon it, when theyhad performed the worke, Paith receives itas afree gift · they would challenge it of debt : No, faith the Lord, it is an inheritance, I doe not ufe to deale with my Children, as men dowith their fervants, that I fhould give them worke to doe,and when they have done it, I !hould givethem wages, then they would come and challenge itat my hands by way ofdebt: No, faith theLord, this is an inheritance, and you are my fonnes,and you fh~Ilhaveit givenyol:l freely,.and given you as it becomes a Father to give it, fo you !hall take it; Thereforethat it might be of free grace, and not of debt, it . . b d 4 . . · is
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