I' The Cpirit of !bondage, , whar•. The thirdway of knowing whether vvebe ·in the Cove. nant,i$by our I knoY9ledge which bath. 2.. propertieD. ofbondageisnothingbutthis~ wherrit ·makes :a,Man·tofearethe Lortl, and ·rotre~ble at·him.. e-xceedingly,_ as a Man dot hat the wrath of a Iildg.e · that he thin.kes . will condenine him-; tliough hemayin extremitie fay, Lord, why hall: thou forfaken me? Yet theregoes a fecret fpiritofAdoption, that never lea·ves him alto~ gether, .. though there be fome mixture with I this~.to awaken him, an,d to quicken him, and to caufe him to come home to ehrift : for that is the end fl:ill,.,evenas a Man is brought home · by thefpiritof bondageatthe ~firfr; So; when a Man fieps out from Chrift, and beginsto grow wanton, when ·he will runne om from the LORD Ie[th·, andwill not keepe clofe, .the Lordlends the fatne Spirit againe to bring him in; rh~ Spirit dothitsworkeagaine; butas .he was neverwholly our,fo ·he never. harh rhe fn-11 worke of the fpirit 0f bondage~ So you fee; . this is the fecond meanes to know whether we he in the Cove;uznt~ Now followes the third meancs of knowing whethcnvebe in theCovenant,and tha t is this, yo4fer,thisisa part ofrheCiJ venant,!ieG.8 .You jhall kngw-me from the greateft to the leaft, and I willteachyou,yot:tjhall no more teach tme·anMher hisneighGour, and id1ull_he filCh a k:1ovyledge, that withall, you jlmU ha-eH my Larv wri~ten· in your -hearts: andin~notherplace, I rvillcircum. cifoyour hearts. B-elorved; this then is the third way.jand the lafl:,by whichwe may know, that we are within ithe Coven~nt. Is there fuch ,a ' know- i ~------------~--------------------------
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