~ 474 .I .\ J- Sanaifidtfon ·1· a panotGods , Covenant. r I Thew:ryto -•. overcome Jufts. ~ ~tndholine!fe allthe d~tye.r ofthy lift. It is apart of his Coven4ntto rememberir, he bath [worn to· remember it,he bath [aid he will write his L-ctw - - in thy heart,~thatcan-never be, without heob– literate all old writing, he hath faid he will give. theholyGhojl, he hath promifed to give the~ a 11ewhea~tandanew.jjirit.,nowconliderthis,itis a partofhisCovenant,go~to theL§rd, and b~- feech him to make good his Covenant, this is the way for thee to overcome it; Ifthougoa· ·bout it any otherway, thou fbalt never be able toout~wrefileit. For.amantothinke this with himfelfe,l have received ~grace, I hope I have · f0me. ftrength, ~herfore !'will be bold to adven– ture onJuchatemptation; or;at leaft.,I hope by mypromifes,bymy vowes,& prayers,andrea– ding one wayor other,to matter and overcome it>this is not theway,thou mullgoetoGod, and– makeufe ofrhisCevenant, and bcfeech him to give theefireng~h:. For, markeit, God would not take this upon him, to give us new hearts, _ and new fpirits to fanctifie us, to make us new creatures,to crucifie theflefh)to weaken the do. minion offtnne, be would not take this upon him, and makea promife, ifwe -were able to doe it: But he knowes it is in his owne power, and he muftdoeit for us, and thereforeinfuth a.cafewe mull: goe to him, and befeech him . to 'do it: For know this, when a man is in chriftonce, when he is in the Covenant, he livesbya principlewithout himfelfe, & not by 1 onewithinhimfelfe,as Paul[aith, I Iive 6y Ie(t# · . . chrrfl,. :; •
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