--------·---------------------------~--~· --~ N EVV CovENANT. all the ·Nations in the World received them from them, they drew the fap of knowledge from them,.fo that they were grafted in: Thus · all the Nations of the World were bletfed in .Abraham,and A6rahamwasbldfed in the [cede it felfe. But yetoneobjed-ionis yet bebinde, th~t is, 06jetl• . how comes it topaffe, that to be renewed in Repentance a part ofthe thefpirit ofour mindes, and to walke in the Covenantan • wayesoftheLord,in the way of regen_eration, Godspartand ourstoo,how~ · fhouJd bea partofthe Covenant on our part, ·you fhall repent and beleeve, and be renewed . .and then youlliall be forgiven, &c. You fhau · have the kingdome,and yet for all this;you fee, . -it is apart ·of the Covenant·on Gods part, faith theLord, Ezek.36.26~ Jwillgive y1u anew. E~ech.36.~6. · ·heart, andanewj}irit, the1eis an expreffion of ~ theC4Jvenant,andyetitis acondition that is -re. ·quired on our part... _ _ ·. · • To this I anfiver briefly; The C:onditi(>n- · An(w. that is required of us, as part of the Cuve_..i' !r~~~~~o~d nant is the doing of this, the a<ftion, .the per-· R~peAt2:ce formance Of thefe things, it iS ·tO repent tO ours,t;;P,0 • ferve the L-ord in newneffe of life,- .bur the ~~ ~:~G~d~~ bilitie bywhich we are afile to performe thefe, 1 ~ is a ·part or the Cov-enant on the Lordl part, to have newhearts, and new· fpirits, whereby we are able to repept, and to 6ring forth -fhti t worthy ofamendment uf lift; · I fay;the inward·: ~bilitie, thechange ofthe heart, th€ renewing t9f us in the fpirit ofonrmindes, the-writing:of the Law in the inward parts) th~t is ·a branch of
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