The covenant of nature made with Adam described and cleared from sundry great mistakes. And thereby proving, I. That the kind of death that was threatned in that covenant, in Gen. 2.17. ought not to be understood of any other kind of death but of a double spiritual death, 1. By depriving Adam of Gods concreated image: and 2. By corruption of nature that followed thereupon. II. Proving that the said covenant was totally extinguished and made utterly null, as soon as Adam had but tasted of the forbidden fruit, and received the said threatned punishment. III. Expounding Gal. 3.10. and proving that the curse therein threatned must not be understood of the curse of the said covenant of nature, but of that curse that is threatned in the covenant of grace to the fallen posterity of Adam, for their not doing of Moses law by faith in Christ, which was given to them for the covenant of grace and reconciliation only. ... VIII. Expounding Rom. 8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8. in ch. 25. By William Pynchon.

Object. 1.

Many Interpreters do expound this Law of the Spirit, to be no other Spirit but the holy Spirit, that doth regenerate sinners?

Answ. What though many good Interpreters do expound this Law of the Spirit, to be the Spirit of Regeneration, or of inherent Sanctification; yet o∣ther good Interpreters do expound it of Christ, as I have done. And indeed, it is not the Office of the holy Spirit to make the fallen Sons of Adam to be free from the Law of sin and Death by inherent Sanctity; For by Gods definitive Sentence, in Gen. 2. 17. the Law of sin and death shall abide upon all the fal∣len Sons of Adam, yea even upon the most regenerate persons as long as they live in this World. And therefore Rolloc doth expound this Freedom (or De∣liverance) from the law of sin and death, of a full and absolute deliverance from sin and death: which, saith he, is in Remission of sins, and not in Rege∣neration, which is but in part. And Luther saith, in Gal. 2. 16. Fol. 68. doth cite Rom. 8. 2. And then he saith, that no Law may be suffered to Reign in the Conscience, but only the Law of the Spirit and Life, whereby we are in Christ made free from the Law of the Letter and of Death, from the works thereof, and from all sins, not because the Law is evil, but for that it is not able to justifie us, for it hath a plain contrary effect and working: It is a High and

Excellent matter to be at peace with God; and therefore in this case we have need of a far other Mediator then Moses or the Law: here we must do no∣thing at all but only receive the Treasure, which is Christ, and apprehend him in our hearts by Faith, though we feel our selves to be never so full of sin. In these words, Luther doth make Christ to be the Spirit of the Law, in opposition to the Letter.