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upon EZEKIEL. 135
nefs, and an Exa&nefs in the Obfervance of the Chapter
ritual Parts of the Law : See the Note upon Ver. XVIII.
4. By thus in (trusting them in a more excellent L/^V^J
way of ferving God, than the Ceremonial Law did
direclly prefcribe, they prepared their Minds for
receiving thofe Truths which the Gofpel would
more fully difcover. God promifes Chap, xxxvi.
26. to give them a new Heart, and to put within
them a new Spirit : here he exhorts them to make
themfelves a new Heart and a new Spirit. Which
difference of Expreffion is thus to be reconciled,
that altho' God works in us to will and to do, and
is the firft Mover in pur Regeneration, yet we
muft work together with his Grace, at leart willingly
receive it, and not quench or reftft its Motir
ons. See the Note upon Jer. xxxi. 18.
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