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

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⟩^tPhil. 3. ^uRom. 9. ^xRom. 10. ^yGal. 3. And these two being the only means, whereby true happiness may be attained, are so contrary one unto another, that where the one is, the other cannot be: neither can salvation come in part by the one, and in part by the other. Whereupon the Apostle useth to dispute that we are justified by works only, or by faith alone. This is the sum of his whole Argument in the three first Chapters of the Epistle to the Romans: Either we are justified by Works or by Faith. But not by works, neither of the Law of Nature, nor of the moral Law, neither Gentile, which is without the Law written, nor Jew which hath it. Therefore by Faith. So he saith, Gala. 3. 17. For if the inheritance be by the Law, then is it not any more by promise, making it impossible and absurd, that both should concur together in the act of Justification.

Of both these Couenants, the Couenant of Workes, and the Couenant of Grace, Ieremie ^rspeaketh in his one and thirtieth Chapter, and Paul to the