NE vv CovENANT. lhll:s that before he-delighted in, but there fol– l0wes awondrousforwardneffe and propenfe– neffcto the Law of God', tO keepc it; there is ·awondrous ddire i:o grow in Grace, to do the duties ~fnew obedience' that by his good .will he would liue in n<:> other Element, bur in doing the duties, and ufing the rneanes, by which hemay receive·firength to doe them. When- that Law is out of tHe heart, when wee looke upon the letter of the Law, there is no fuch matter; but when iris pnt into ihe h·eart, when it is written wi~hin~ tHere js an · ilflward · difpofitipn and pronenelfe put into . · tHe heart. If you I<:mke upon the Law with– out, Thou foaltlt9ve the Lord-thy Goc{,andfMl~- .ftarehim,&-c. It is a hard Law,whocan keepe it~ But when thou hall: put it into thy heart,_ Whatitist.o that isthearaceoflove (for that is to put the putrhdawm. :::> ·' • • / to the heart. taw·into the heart, when there 1s fuch a habit planted in the heart, a habit ·of feare, and of every good Grace') then there is a great · proneneffe and aptnc_ffeirr a Man,and willing– ndfe to k'eepe the Law; and therefore in th~t place, ITim.I.g. The Law is not given. to t!ie x:fim.1. 9 • righteous,they ,zrea Law to thtm(elves. Ifthou findcft r'his to be thy cafe, that thoa needeft not the Law to fet thee o tt with terrours, and the threatnings ofit, bu~ thou art now a , Law to thy felfe; that is, thou find eft 'in thy felfe fudi an inward aptneffe and propenfe– neife to keepe the Law ofGod,that,ifrhou were put to thychoyfc, if there were no neceffitie · layd '
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