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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.
§. 16. The Sum of all essential to this Covenant, is in Baptism, and the Lords Supper, which are therefore Sacraments and Symbols of it; and Baptism was appointed by Christ himself to be the solemn Initiation, Badge, and Character of his Disciples and Church-Members.
§. 17. The History of Christ's Life and Sufferings, and of his Apostles Life and Preaching, and all the •est of holy Scripture, is God's Word, and his Doctrine belonging to the Gospel-Covenant. But it is the Covenant it self, or Law of Grace, which all that are under it, must be ruled and judged by, and constituteth the Essentials of Christianity.
§. 18. This Covenant did constitute Christianity many years (supposed eight) before any part of the New Testament was written, as now extant, and near seventy years before it was all written.
§. 18. This Covenant did constitute Christianity many years (suppos•d eight) before any part of the New Testament was written, as now extant, and near seventy years before it was all written.