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And when you have thus plainly consider'd the Mercies which in the second Covenant are on Gods part made over to Man, you are next to consider what those Conditions are which on Mans part are requi∣red by God; and which you are to observe, if ever you hope to be partaker of the Benefits of the second Covenant. And these you will find to be not (1.) a perfect, absolute, exact
Obedience, so as never to of∣fend in any kind; this was the Condition of the first Covenant. Nor, (2.) never to have for∣merly committed any delibe∣rate sin. Nor (3.) never to have gone on in any habitual or customary sin for the time past; though this be most hainous and provoking, and may justly throw you into the fearful apprehension of the Di∣vine displeasure: But it is the New Creature, or a renewed, sincere, honest, faithful Obe∣dience to the whole Gospel; giving up the whole heart unto Christ; the ready performing of that which God enables you to perform, and bewailing your frailties; and cordially sorrowing for the iniquity both of your past and present life, and besee∣ching Gods pardon in Christ for all that you have done amiss; sincerely labouring to mortifie
every sin, and perform Uniform Obedience unto God; and from every Fall, rising again by Re∣pentance and Reformation. In short, the Condition required to make you capable of the Be∣nefits of the second Covenant, is first by Faith to accept of Christ as your Priest to Save, your Prophet to Teach, and your King to Rule you: Next, to have all those Graces, Faith, Hope, Charity, Self-denial, Re∣pentance, &c. (mentioned in the Gospel) united, and truly and sincerely rooted in your heart; though mixed with much weakness and imperfecti∣on, and perhaps with many sins: which if not wilfully and impenitently lived and died in, cannot debar you of the Bene∣fits of the second Covenant. But if you neglect these things, your condition will be worse than if no second Covenant had
been made: for you shall then be to answer, not for the breach of the Law onely, but for the abuse of Mercy; which is of all sins the most provoking.