·-----------:;7------------i. N11vv Cov~NANT •. . t l91 . •when there was. a·n exceedmggrt~.zt Ram(, the l peopltdidcxceed_in'gly_ tr.emble,af.ld,youknowjn rihat Earthquake,rhough an were fafet.A'll.I 6. Atlu6. and there was no caufe why he fhould be fo unquier,yer wefeehow thegoaler \vas amazed, his heart was .wounded., this was not' for rhefe particular Indgements;there,mighJ be a great Raine, there might be a great Eanhqllake and thunder in \Vheat-harvdt,and yet mens hearts little moved,but there went a fpiri tofbondage, that breda feare in them)·this is that, I fay; no man-can cometoChrift,withoutthcLaw,cirhet in it fdfe,or in affiicHons,which are but tbeexe– :eutionersof it,and thefea:re nGt\effectuall wirhout the fpiritofbondage. · And there is avery great reafon for it; be- .. c~mfe otherwifewe{hould never know the love of chrift, he that hath not knowne what the AfHicLonsnot ; ell~dua:ll vvith · · out the fpirit ofboneage. meanir:_g ofthis fpirit of bondage is, whatth~fe fearesare,whatthefe terrorsofconfcience are 1 hcfp.irit·of- · in fome 'meafnrr, knowes not what Chrift h:uh , bon/~ge tea - , fuffered for him orwhat deliverance he hath · chelhuu~ . ' . . . know ( hnfis hJd by hnn ; bdldes,hc w1ll not be appliable to ' love. Chrijl : Em I will not fiand more upon this. Hafirhou not had the fpirit 0fbondage? I f:1y, furel y,ifthou haft nottafiedofrhis ,Chrifl hath not fowne the fee de of grace in thy heart: doth any manfowbeforehehath p!owed~Doth any man make a new impreflion before ther.e be an obliteration oftheold~ Before the he:~rt be meltedwith the fpirit of bondage, there is no I fenfeofanewfpirit, tomakea new impreffion F f . . . ---....,..--~--.-:.. :__3 -~ .. ~~.r.~~----0. ~ ___:__ - j . t /
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