N&vv Cov& N ANT. knowledge ofGod wrought in you? Hath chrijl, ·fG taughryou? Marke it well, fi·om that knowledge thefe two things tollow;one is, that your heart ~s circumcifed, that the lufl:s ·of your former ignorance, that r:1igned in you be– .fore., be d1ffolved: Secondly,it is fuch aknow~ ledge, as breeds in you a forwardndfe and wil· lingndfe to ferve the Lord in all things ~ Is the , ~ LawofGod thus written in your hearts~ Have you had experience·of this? Then ccrrainely you are wichin the Covenant. There is a double Knowledge knowledge, there is a -knowledge that men double. h:'wethat knowmuch, but are not affeCted according to the things tfuey know, nor do they . practife according to the things theyknow;this is aknowledge that the Minill:er may teach them, bnr it is not the knowledge that lefos Chrtft reacherh. · But there is afecond knowledge, that which chri~ reacherh as he is a Propl1er, when ·he reacheth aMan fo to know fi nne, and every thing elfe, that withall, thelufr, the dominion of finne is diffolved by that knowledge; that this knowl~dge circumcifcrh the heart,it' cuts offtho[e lnftsthatdid cleave to us before. If thou finde this effett of rhy knowledge, now 1 .Property of uuel:now. Jedge,It cir. cumcifeth the heart. Iefth· Chrift bath taught thee this knowledge. Youknow,TheoldMan is corrupt, Ephef·4·ZZ. Ephef 4.u. through tufts, that come from errour, and the newMan is renew(dthrough holinc(je)thatcomes from truth. There are certaine lufis in the old Man,thatproceede from errour:· Nowthofe H h 4 hifts ----~----------~
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