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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Section 4: Of the Covenant of promise as manifested to Moses.
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.
4. Why should God in the Law deal with us in a Covenant-way, rather than a mere absolute supreme way? I answer, 1. In respect of God; it was his pleasure in giving the Law not only to manifest his Wisdom, and Power, and Sovereignty, but his faithfulness, and truth, and love, and the glory of his grace;1 that he might make known (as the Apostle speaks) the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. Gods love is apart of his name, for God is love, and Gods faithfulness is a part of his name, I saw Heaven opened (said John in a vision) and behold a white horse, 2& he that sate upon him was called faithful and true: now, how should we ever have known Gods love at least in such a measure? or how should we ever have known Gods faithfulness & truth at all, if he had not entered into a Covenant with us? it is true, if he had given the Law in a mere absolute supreme way, if he had given the precept without any ⟨p. 72⟩promise, he might fully have discovered his illimited supreme power, but his so dear love and faithfulness could not have been known: now therefore let the world take notice of his singular love, and of his faithfulness; as Moses said to Israel, Because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the hands of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh, 3King of Egypt, Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth Covenant and mercy with them that love him, and keep his Commandments, to a thousand generations.
4. Why should God in the Law deal with us in a Covenant-way, rather than a meer absolute supream way? I answer, 1. In respect of God; it was his pleasure in giving the Law not only to manifest his Wisdom, and Power, and Soveraignty, but his faithfulness, and truth, and love, and the glory of his grace;1 that he might make known (as the Apostle speaks) the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. Gods love is apart of his name, for God is love, and Gods faithfulness is a part of his name, I saw Heaven opened (said John in a vision) and behold a white horse,