, . 1:28. _7h~ Tria~ and,., SBR> ri :pray!ng, p~alfing,/ he_an_!lg, €5c. except only we are to beheve: Thts 1s clear the way· of the old Gnofticks, who placed · all Holinefs in tneer Knowledge and Apprehenfion of God's W1ll, without Love or . Obedience. 2. Repentance is forrow according to God, I Cor. vii. 9· 1 o. :fames iv. 9· ... And efchewing Evil and doing Good, I Pet. 111. II. And the crucifying of t!Je ~ld Man, a17;d the Lufts t!Jereoj, as Fornication,. Unc!eannefi, inordinate ..Affer.,'lion, evit Concupi.f tence, Co·vetoufnefs, Col. iii. 5. And tbefe are commanded in die New Teftament, as the yery Leifon of the Grace of God, Tit. ii. I 1. 'Tis true in the Old Teftament, the People were under Tutors and Bondage; but that was in Re- !':ard of the carnal Commandq1ent of Ceremonies, the Cognizance of our bloody Demerit held forth in bloody Sacrifices. 2. In regard, lets of Chrift and the Sweetnefs of the Gofpel was then known, and the Law chafed harder the guilty to Chrift. :But 1. Servile.. Obedience, through apprehenfion of legal Terrors, was never cornmanaed in the fpiritual Law of God to the .7e<t.vs, more than to us. 2. The J'e·ws were not juftified by the works of the Law more than·we; but by Faith in Chriit, as well as we, .A8s xv. I I. A8s x. 42, 43· Heb. xi. 1 Cor. x. I, z, 3· Yea; we are jufiified as '.IJaviJ ' and Abraham were, Rom. iv. 3, 4· 5, 6, 7, 8. Yea, the 7ews feeking of Righteoufnefs by the Works of the Law, is a fiumbling at the Stone laid in Zion, Rom. ix. 3I, 32, 33· Yea, it's Bla~12he~y to. fay, Repe~tance in the <?Id Teftament was a forrow for Sm, and a forfakmg ·of it ; as if under the New Teftam!nt we were licenced to Sin, and turn Grace into Wantonefi. ' SE R-
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