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A pastime for parents
A pastime for parents: or A recreation to pass away the time; containing the most principal grounds of Christian religion. By Arthur Dent preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.A pastime for parents: or A recreation to passe away the time; contayning the most principall grounds of Christian religion. By Arthur Dent preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by T. East for Thomas Man, 1606
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.
Child. The Law condemneth, but the gospel saveth: the law casteth down, but the Gospel raiseth up.
Child. The Law condemneth, but the gospell saueth: the law casteth down, but the Gospell raiseth vp.
Father. What difference is there betwixt the covenant of the law, and the covenant of the Gospel?
Father. What difference is there betwixt the couenant of the law, and the couenant of the Gospell?
Child. The Legal covenant doth really differ from the Evangelical, or new covenant of Grace. For the old covenant of the Law was conditional, and did no otherwise give life, and salvation unto men, but if they did perform it, and therefore it was nothing else but a repetition of that, which GOD made to Adam, to wit if he did eat of the forbidden fruit he should dye, if not, he should live: even so if we keep the Law we shall live thereby. If not we shall dye. But the covenant of the Gospel is free, that is, it doth freely give life to those that ⟨image 29⟩believe though they fail in doing.
Child. The Legall couenant doth really differ from the Euangelicall, or new couenant of Grace. For the old couenant of the Lawe was conditionall, and did no otherwise giue life, and saluation vnto men, but if they did performe it, and therefore it was nothing else but a repetition of that, which GOD made to Adam, to wit if hée did eate of the forbidden fruite hée should dye, if not, he should liue: euen so if we kéepe the Lawe wée shall liue thereby. If not wée shall dye. But the couenant of the Gospell is frée, that is, it doth fréely giue life to those that