Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

and ifit do worke, yet if it worke not by love the Lord regarderh it not: it is true, ir isf1ith. that !ayeshold uponthe Cov~4nt,bur it works . by love, faith is the pl)int of the CTn~~lffe, · . - 'that fa !lens uponthe Cove.YJttnt, b~t love. is the Otberpart, that goe·s, about, that d·Yh all tfte ': bufineffe, it is tlur which k~ep ' the C ')TU n~ndemems, it is that which ~1ickens us to evet:y· :goodworke. . 2 The fecondway to I{ now whether·we arein~ Ifvveh~:teta· h · r-J h h kcnrhepro lt eCovmant,ovno,ts,ro,co'liLler 'v et :-rwe aufcdfccll. . ·have taken the promifed feed; for in hi~n flull· I •' all the ·Nations in ,:th ~ world· be blclfed.How· frnll we know that~· If we have the Sp.irit of theSonf!e,rhat is knowneby the Spiritit felfe, , the spirit beares witn~ffi, the wirneffe of the Spirir,as I toldyou, itis knowne bythat which· goesbefore it, by ·th:tt which accompanies it, . andby that whichfollowes after. This is the · point that we were in handling, andwe were broken off in the middeft of it; we wm recall~, it a little, .and deliver it fomewhat m.o•re tfi;.·. frinetly ·unto you, .Jhan we could do thenfQr . hall:e. Firlt,I fay; whbfoever·hath tliefpirit of tbe Sbnne, he mull: have, beforeirr theffiritofbon• · R. o .. Jaqe: R8m.8~15. Tou have· net rectived the QDl•e il f• . 6 J)irit6(hlnd£geagaineto fean; huty6H havert. ceived thef}irit ~1tAdoptson. · Asifhe flnuld .. . fay,therearenone,bur fir~they receive thefpi~ .. rit ofbondage:for.there ts.no ·man can-come 1· 1 tochrift:~except·. the Law be his Schoo:lellla- _ tler. ...

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