C1IAPTE1t VI, 355 salvation by Jesus Christ, as the Reconciler, and by the Holy Spirit, as the Sanctifier, and these blessings are bestowed in much greater abundance: This occasions it to be called a new covenant, though in truth, it is only a new and fairer edition of the ancient covenant of grace, much brighter than that which the Jews liad at first, which was so mingled with, and partly ob- scured by the Sinai covenant. XI. Thus it has been made evident, that the law of Moses' including the Sinai covenant, was so far an emblem of the origi' nal covenant of works, in the rigour of its commands, do this and live, and in the severity, of its punishments, the soul thats in- neth shall die; Gal. iii. 12. The man. that cloth them, shall live in them ; and verse 10. cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the bookof the law to do them ; and it was . also an 'emblem of the Covenant of grace, and the benefits thereof; viz. pardon and sanctification in the purifications and atonements appointed bywater and fire, and bloody sacrifices ; Heb. ix. 9. 13, 14, 24. and x. 1-4. The late had a shadow of good things to cone: It "contained'figures for the time then pre- sent: The holy places madewith hands are the figures, ofthe true, and the patterns of things in the heavens ; the Greek words are DC., orayoa00%17, v9roLytdara avlarv,ra, &c. and the apos- tle argues upon this supposition ; if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, mingled with running water, as in Num. xix. 17. sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the pu- rifying of the flesh, . that is, to the removal of ceremonial defilement, how much more shall the blood of Christpurge your consciences from dead works, that is, from works deserv- ing death, to "serve the living God. XII. But we must remember also, what I said before, that the law of Moseswas not only an emblem, but was really a co- venant of works, so far as it related to temporal blessings, in the land ofCanaan ; and it was really a dispensation of the covenant of grace, so far as it contained in it various promises of eternal pardon and inward sanctificcation, and God's acceptance of those that repented of their sins, and trusted in his grace, so far as it was then revealed. XIII. It is a further remarkable evidence of this truth, that St. Paul distinguishes the two different ways of justification by the covenant of works, and the covenant of grace, by texts cited from the law of Moses. See Rom. x. 5. compared with. verse 6. " Moses described' the righteousness which is of the law, saying, that the man who doth those things shall live by them : But the righteousness which is of faith, speaketh on this wise, say not who shall ascend into heaven, &c. the word is near thee, in thymouth and in thy heart, that is, the wordoffaith which we preach," &c. Here you see, is both law and gospel, z 2
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