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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.
Now we come to the next Conclusion, All things come alike to all; The same condition is to the just, as to the wicked, and to the good and pure, and to the polluted, to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; such as the good is, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. Hence I gather thus much (before I come to speak of the application of these events to the sons of men,)
Now we come to the next Conclusion, All things come alike to all; The same condition is to the iust, as to the wicked, and to the good and pure, and to the polluted, to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; such as the good is, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. Hence I gather thus much (before I come to speake of the application of these events to the sonnes of men,)
That All men are divided into these two ranks, 1either they are good or bad, 2either they are polluted or clean, either they are such as sacrifice, or such as sacrifice not: There is no middle sort of men in the world; all are either sheep, or goats, all are either within the Covenant, or without the Covenant, all are either elect, or reprobates; God hath divided all the world into these two, either they are the Lords portion, or the Devils portion.
That All men are divided into these two rankes, 1either they are good or bad, 2either they are polluted or cleane, either they are such as sacrifice, or such as sacrifice not: There is no middle sort of men in the world; all are either sheepe, or goates, all are either within the Covenant, or without the Covenant, all are either elect, or reprobates; God hath divided all the world into these two, either they are the Lords portion, or the Devils portion.