The grace of the new covenant promised in Ezekiel
Thesis IV. God often promised this grace through the prophets, as belonging to the new covenant to be made in Christ. In Ezekiel 11 he says: 'I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, so that they walk in my precepts, keep my judgments and do them, and so that they are my people and I am their God.'
And again in chapter 36: 'I will pour clean water on you, and you will be made clean from all your defilements; from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you and make you walk in my precepts, keep my judgments and carry them out. You will live in the land I gave your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.'
Latin
IV. Hanc gratiam, tanquam pertinentem ad novum foedus in Christo ineundum, Deus per Prophetas saepius promisit. Sic enim loquitur Deus apud Ezechielem, cap. 11. Dabo eis cor unum, & spiritum novum tribuam in visceribus eorum: & auferam cor lapideum de carne eorum, & dabo eis cor carneum: ut in praeceptis meis ambulent, & judicia mea custodiant, faciantque ea: & sint mihi in populum, & ego sim eis in Deum. Et rursus cap. 36. Effundam super vos aquam mundam, & mundabimini ab omnibus inquinamentis vestris, & ab universis idolis vestris mundabo vos. Et dabo vobis cor novum, & spiritum novum ponam in medio vestri: & auferam cor lapideum de carne vestra, & dabo vobis cor carneum. Et spiritum meum ponam in medio vestri: & faciam ut in praeceptis meis ambuletis, & judicia mea custodiatis & operemini. Et habitabitis in terra quam dedi Patribus vestris: & eritis mihi in populum, & ego ero vobis in Deum.