The L1/4 ®f thrífi. an Oflìce of power to redeeme'His Churchy aic;sd<He re. ceíved a Commandement fì om His Father- to finiih the work of mediation. Secondly, being thus made Chrifts, partly by the gift of Gods eternal! Love, partly by Christs ovine vo- luntary fùfception of that Office whereby He was to bee a Head and Cäptaine of Salvation to His Members ; IG o n in due time reveales Himfelfe,His Name,Power, and Covenant unto us : e I havemanifefted thy Name unto the men which thou gv eft me, and this is the tender of the Covenant,andbeginning ofa Treaty with us.And here God beginnes to worke in us : for though the Co- venant be propofed under a condition ; yet God gives us as well the condition as the Covenant. Our Faith is f the operation ofgod,and the work éfhis Power: g that which bee requiers of us, He loth bellow .upon us ; and here the 513 e Iohn 17 6; f I eOr. 2,. gGratires ago ti- bi cicrr.entime tirí worke of God is' fíritotll and he veriy teaèhing. Dcmi quia !quod qu,eris The fecond, is the- terminASS or procigt of that teach -,, rixsipfedo_ iiig our learning which I call Gods work, not as if we !na li. cypr: . did nothingwhen we are laid to learn; and to come un- ib Efay 5'4.9,1; to Chrift f ; bat becaufe à ll'that we doe is by the ftrength ' i EPh.4 and grace which from Him we receive we come unto ik fre/datent Chriít as a Child may be faid to come unto his mothers fors I c,e info_ or nürfe; who hauls him at a dilfance from her felfe,and inante, intros a drawes. him nearer and rieerer when the calls him. Thus pare audirtnt as we were made Chri1 s by donation, ?bon gavef them at n d?fcunt: me ; fo after likewife by incorporation, and unitie of na_ aurem non crë- y p dint farri audi- tures with him in his fpirir, and having this Spirit of 'ant itttus non, Chriíf, He thereby worked] in us the will and the deed, lauddunt.Aug. and'thus k our Peale is put urto Gods cover,-ant, and we de priedfl. have aconfiat of it in our !elves in fomerneafure; wher» Iartc. cap. 8. as I in delitie ma e.s God a er, l b ià in either I looke 't Ioh 3.3 3 y Y Y g 1 I I9hn 3.10. for life fome other way, or I have nothing to dot to de -, pend on Chrift for it, though God have propofed Him as an all- fuflièientSaviour. Now then when man experience of Gods working this will in him, wh n he L 1 fndes
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