• NE vv c 0 VENA N T. ledge abound, except you take the benefit of it, except yon labour .to underfiand the un– fear&heaMeriches ofChri~,thatate un~oulded to · us.it1 the Covenant of Grace. VVhat 1s the reafon why the Apofile, Galat.4. cals theOld Te- Galat-4- 9 • fl:ament, thOfe teachings that the people had Not(. ·then,impotent andheggerly Rudiments?The rea :fon is,becaufe their knowledge was exceeding ·little} therefore it brought little profit to them," they were beggerly, they had little riches in them,and they were impotent, they could corn– municate little power,and ll:rength, and effica– ·cie to the inward Man: On the other fide now,,. the NewCovenantisfirong,and rich,and live– -ly, and effeetuall; and the reafon is} becaufe there is more knowledge init, wearetaughtto knowGodbetter, & to know the wholemyll:e– rie ofthe Gofpell better, . Therefore, I fay, ifyou would be fl:rength- Growing in d f Id b bi d kno~ltd~e .ne in gbce, i you wou · e ena e to keepe increateth .the Covenant more than they were, labour to grace:. grow in knowledge,let it not be unufefull unto you,whatfoever isdeliver~d, but make benefit ofit. You fee whott riches of knowledge are delivered to us in rauls EpilHes, Ier none of this beloft,it is thy benefit, that this is now difcovered to thee., that was hid from all rhe world aforetimes~Tt is that benefit that the A..: poll:le Paul fo exceedingly magnifies, thatto lh. thu my~ery isrevraled,that we have this grace, .tomake knowm to Princiftdities llndPowers thu immifod wifitWmeofGod,tke unftarchllhlcriches · , of ·
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