.. ~----------------~---=~----------~. , .- 0 F THE I 'Th·Ce,.enat renurd in the ·Sacr~ment. might makeit manifcfl: to us. Of this alfo·we : lhould have made fome ufe,which isthe laying ' hold ofrh\ Coven"nt ,the promifes offree .i ull:i. - fkation,the promi{es ofSan&ifkation_,and-rhe ~ promifesoffuch.blefiings as belong to-this pre- · fent life, thofe arethethree parts ofthe Cove- . nam: Vve fuouldhave iliewed how we !hould · layhold ofthem, that when theLord' hath·pro-– mifed once,when Faith hath:a' prorriife todofe with, when it hath fuch a ground to fet footing upon, thento apply them,and ifthe L(}rddefer topcrformethem~ then·to•put him toit, for the fulfillingof them; And (0' we f11ould do· for . thepromife of Iufri'fication,thepromifeoffor– giveneJfeof finnes, that youhave caufe to make · ufeofat this time wheayou receive the ~cra- ~ent ~For what do you '? You €ome to·renew the Covenant with God, that we have now – fpoken of: Foritis the feale ofthe Covenant; ' there is a Cov-enant that Godmakes wirh you, · and a·Covenant that you makewirh him:when· y:ou confiderthis, you ihould frrengthen.your Faith,goe tohim,and fay, Lord 5 thou haft pro– mifed to forgiveme my ftnnes, and to remem-– berthem·nomore:Lerd,itis aparrof thyCo– venant:Lord, it isthyCovenant that thou hafi: , put thy feale to, (for the feale is put to it for that verypurpofe,.that when vou fee theBread and Wine, youmightthinke.0fthefe feales, as fignes .ofthe Covenant) you have Geds owne Word, as yenhave his Word th{lt·the Raine lhall no moredrowne the Earth, God hath fet his _______ ....._ __ :-- __ _.:._ ______ •/
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