Select Works of Archbishop Leighton Author:Robert Leighton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1746 Original Publisher: Printed for David Wilson Subjects: Theology Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / History Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Christianity / Presbyterian Religion / Theology Notes: This i... more »s a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A DISCOURSE O N Hebrews VIII. 10. Ft)/- this is the Covenant that I will make with the Houfe c/Ifrael after tbofe Days, faith the Lord; I will put my Laws into their Mind, and write them in their Hearts : And I will be to them a God, aad tbsyjhall be to me a People. THE two great Evils that perplex fenfible Minds, are the Guiltinefs of Sin, and the Power of it j 'therefore this new Covenant hath in it two Promifes oppofite to thefe two Evils, free Pardon to remove the Guilt of Sin, and the fubr duing of its Power by the Law of God written in, the Heart. Of this latter only for the prefent. Having fpoke fbmewhat of the Senfe of. the Law in ten Commandments, and of the Sum of it in two, this remains to be confidered as altogether neceflary for Obedience, and without which all hearing and fpeak- ing, and all the Knowledge of it, will be fruitlels; though it be made very clear and legible without, we lhall only read it, and npc at all keep it, unlefs ic be likewife written within. Obfcroc, i. The Agreement of the Law with the Gofpel: The Gofpel bears the compleat fulfilling of the Law, and fatisrying its higheft Exadnefs in our Surety Jefus Chrift, fo that way nothing is abated j but, belides in reference to us ourfelves, though ic take oft the Rigour of ic from us, becauie anfwered byby another for us, yet it doth not abolilh the Rule of the Law, but...« less