N- 1! vv c 0 V R N A N T. I 407 --- fier, and the Law is not effeduall without- the\ fpirir ofbondage,neither the Law in the threat– ' ·. nings,nor in thetudgeme~ts,whichare theexe- . curione1s oftho!e thrcarnmgs: you may heare the L2wopened to y,oua hundred and ahun. : dred times; that is, the particular finnes of whicha man isguilty, defcribed; yea, the par- . ·. ticular judgements; yea, the L(}rd may folIowyou with afflictions and crolfes, yet except there be afpitit of bondage to worke together· · with thefe, it wiU nevermollifie an obdurate heart. Andtherefore, mybeloved, you mull: make , Hethatnc:vcr · thisaccount,ifyou have neever beeneaffrighted ! :~~~~J~~r:c with the terrours of God, ifyou have never hathnor ~h: bin putinto.any feare by the fph·it ofbon· fpiri~ofA· dage,be affured that you have not yet the (pi- dopt~on. rit of t.Adoption. If men _would havelooked to the brazen Serpent, without being Hung df the fiery Serpents, God wo·utd have fparcd the fpirit of bondage; _but who dorh it i or who is able todoe it':' wc be <lll in ad' cad . fleepe, and exceptwe be wakenedwith the ter– rottrs ofthe v ·tm(r;hty-, there isno manwoufd feekeafter Iefuo chrtjl; wee may preach t&t Gofpelllong enough; and men for the ·tnoft , partturnethedeafe eare to us, tillrheLotddptn ; theiret~res !ly t~fjliefiotu, aNde(pecially, by rfre JPiritofbondt~ge;it c:mnotbe, but rhcremufrbe- . fome precedent worke, -vrc wifl not com'e' home to the Lord without it. We do·e aN a'S' · the Womanthathad the bloodyiffire, aslong 1 - Gg z as . ----------------~~~~~-~----
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