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to him
for righteoufneffi,
chie~y
in this
~ence
,as it )
is
interpreted
Rom..
4.
that hts very taktng
of
the .
R.om. •·
promife
aBd his :accepting ofthee
ovenant
,in that
he did recciue that
whichGod
gaue,rbat put him
within the
Covenant,
and therfore the
Lord
rec-
koned him
arighte_ot%man,even
forrharvery ac- l–
cepra,tion and
b~leevihg.Butthat
is not all: but \
likewife he a<;e66.ted
faith to
him
for
righteou(nu
becaufe
faj th
dothfandifie,& make a man
righ-
teoiU:
aqd
therefore
Beloved(
by
the
way) won-
.der
no~ 'atthis,
thatweputfo much upon
faith:
_for
~e.r e
man·heleeui, rhar.
Go~~
All{ttJf!IJient>
whtcni~
theCovena-nt;for p1fifymgfatth
tsbuta
heleeving
~of
that part
ofth~
Cev.enAnt;,
an4 ina-
1
bling am:an tokeepe.theotherpartwhich.is
t€–
quired; and, I
fay,i~
makes
a
rrum
righteom:
for
.when
a
mari
beleeues
that
God is
All-folficient,it
:· wi1l
c~ufe
amanto giue up himfelfeto the
Lord
·
,
(rg~i~~,wh~~ ~~ b~l~eues.i:he_'~ordt~
be all
~nail .
:thmg$ ro·h1m, tt. tnableth htm to bee'all m all
,things to the Lort/againe,'that is,tobe
holJ
to
the
i
Iror.di~i .all.rnitnner
of conver(atio.n.
It knits his
heartu.nto theLord.ItfandHietha
man
through:.:
1
:
6Ut~irmakesl1im
p.eculiantotlie.Ewd;ir.makeshirtt
,
~holty ·t;9,him. Tbi~ is. th~n'atlilreo(fa#h. N~w;.;
(marke
it)
faith
could
·riot thtls fandifie,i:f
it
did
not beleeue
GodsAtl-fojfidency.
Againe, unbe-–
,Hefc aouldnot caufe our fal!ing
ordepa-rtillgfrum~'
God,
ifitwerc·nor hence, that we failein belee-·
ving fome promife ofhis;,or
fmne.
threatnir1gs,
·we thinke there is not an
.1.1
ll-foffiCien&ie
in
God,
you
know
his promifes
contain
all
good
things; . ·
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