The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

First, it is grounded upon the free mercy of God in Christ; otherwise it is in the Covenant of Works, where Christ or the Grace of God in Christ, was no part at all of the Covenant: for there needed then no Mediator, because in the beginning God and man were not at odds.

First, it is grounded vpon the free mercie of God in Christ; otherwise it is in the Couenant of Works, where Christ or the Grace of God in Christ, was no part at all of the Couenant: for there needed then no Mediator, because in the beginning God and man were not at oddes.

Secondly, the conditions of these two Covenants differ: the Law or Covenant of Works offereth salvation, under condition of perfect obedience: The Gospel or Covenant of Grace, under the condition of faith, that is to say, if we believe in Christ, who hath done it for us.

Secondly, the conditions of these two Couenants differ: the Law or Couenant of Workes offereth saluation, vnder condition of perfect obedience: The Gospell or Couenant of Grace, vnder the condition of faith, that is to say, if we beleeue in Christ, who hath done it for vs.

Of both these Covenants, the Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace, Jeremiah ^rspeaketh in his one and thirtieth Chapter, and Paul to the ^sGalatians showeth, how they were shadowed by two women, as by two types, that is to say, by Hagar the bond, and Sarah the free-woman: for these women (saith he) are the two Covenants. You may see further touching them both, ⟨p. 308⟩