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The new covenantThe nevv covenant
The new covenant, or the saints portion A treatise unfolding the all-sufficiency of God, and mans uprightness, and the covenant of grace. delivered in fourteen sermons upon Gen. 17. 1. 2. Whereunto are adjoined four sermons upon Eccles. 9.1. 2. 11. 12. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ John Preston. Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.The nevv covenant, or the saints portion A treatise vnfolding the all-sufficiencie of God, and mans uprightnes, and the covenant of grace. delivered in fourteene sermons vpon Gen. 17. 1. 2. Wherevnto are adioyned foure sermons vpon Eccles. 9.1. 2. 11. 12. By the late faithfull and worthie minister of Iesus Christ Iohn Preston. Dr. in Divinitie, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiestie, maister of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by I. Dawson for Nicolas Bourne, 1629
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. What this Covenant is. 1You must know §1that there is a double Covenant, there is a Covenant of works, and a Covenant of grace: The Covenant of works runs in these terms, Do this, and thou shalt live, and I will be thy GOD. This is the Covenant that was made with Adam, and the Covenant that is expressed by Moses in the Moral Law, Do this, and line. The second is the Covenant of Grace, and tha• •unnes in these terms▪ Thou shalt believe, ⟨p. 72⟩thou shalt take my Son for thy Lord, and thy Saviour, and •hou shalt likewise receive the gift of righteousness, which was wrought by him, for an absolution of thy sinews, for a reconci. liation with me, and thereupon thou shalt grow up into love, and obedience towards me, then I will be thy God, and thou shalt be my people. This is the Covenant of grace, Thou shalt believe, and take my Son, and accept of the gift of righteousness, 2and I will be thy God. The difference between them you shall find, 2 Cor. 3. where you shall see 3. differences, to reduce them to those heads, I will not trouble you with particular places, lest I stay too long upon them.
1. What this Couenant is. 1You must know §1that there is a double Couenant, there is a Couenant of workes, and a Couenant of grace: The Couenant of workes runnes in these termes, Doe this, and thou shalt liue, and I will be thy GOD. This is the Couenant that was made with Adam, and the Couenant that is expressed by Moses in the Morall Law, Doe this, and line. The second is the Couenant of Grace, and tha• •unnes in these termes Thou shalt bleeue,