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An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches
An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches by reconciling explication without much disputing. Written by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1691
Chapter 12 › Section 5: Of the Law or Covenant of Grace in the last Edition, or the Gospel.
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.
§. 10. The parts of the Covenant are, 1. The Conditional Gifts or Benefits. 2. The Condition or Terms of Right. 3. The Rule of Duty. 4. The ⟨p. 142⟩Penalty for violation or neglect of the Covenant.
§. 11. 1. The Gifts are, God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in their Cov•n•n•-Relation to us, and the love of the Father, the Grace of the Son, and the Communion of the Holy spirit. Or as it is briefly expressed in 1 Joh. 5. 10, 11. Christ and life in him, that is, Pardon, Justification, the Spirit, Adoption and Glory, at first in right, and after in possession; and all means and mercies which God seeth meet to bring us to it.
§. 11. 1. The Gifts are, God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in their Cov•n•n•-Relation to us, and the love of the Father, the Grace of the Son, and the Communion of the Holy spirit. Or as it is briefly expressed in 1 Ioh. 5. 10, 11. Christ and life in him, that is, Pardon, Iustification, the Spirit, Adoption and Glory, at first in right, and after in possession; and all means and mercies which God seeth meet to bring us to it.
§. 12. 2. The Condition of our first Right is, 1. That of natural necessity, viz. Repentance and Return to God; 2. Of natural and instituted necessity, Belief and Confidence in Christ, and Covenant-Consent.