0 N:svv GovENANT. is to beohferved, ti~at thefe fignes or feai~s of the Coverutnt, not onely confirmethepromifes on Godspart, but they fignilie that Faith, that condition which is required on our p:ut: For when the L6rd comes ~ and lookes into his. Church, and fees agreat company in it, fees his Houfe full, and he comes, and askes,.What doeyouinmy Houfe':' Whatdoeanumber of thofe that profdfe themfelues to be within the compaffe of the Covenant there~ Their . anfwer is, Lord, we beleeve, we are among thofe that ke_epe the condition. Ifyou beIeeve, where is your circumdfion ~ It may The feaJes of the Covenant are fignes of aurfaitb. be you have the outward Circumcifton ofthe Circumcifien Refh, but where is the Circumci!ion of the inward. heart ~ For, ifthey did beleeve indeede, it would work.e a change in the heart,as Faith,I told you,that isindeede a lively Faith,.workes achange~· itcuts offfinfulllufis, it makes aman · deny himfelfe, and cleave to God, and ferue him with aperfed: heart. Soagaine, after that manner cloth the fecond figne of the Covenant, Wh:ttismcan.t I By fprinkling · in thePafico.. ; which is.the Paffe~ver, when the L~rd ihall ask~, Doe you ·heleeve? ~es, here is the fprinkling of the .bloud of the Lambe, But whue is the true fprinklingupon thehea·rt and . ye" · t:onfcience? Heere is the outward Paffeover, the outward ,profeffion, you come and take .the figne and tbe feale, burwhere is theinward fprinlding '!. Therefore ycufee what was re– quired in the Pafi'eover; Saith he, when you · c:ate the Lambe,&c. Have you tafted of the fweet- ·. '' ' ------------------=-----.1
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