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Ans. 1. As to the giving of Faith, it well stands with Gods method both to Command it as a duty, and to make it a Condition of his Promise, and to give his Word and Spirit to cause us to perform it. It is a fiction that these may not consist, and he subverteth the Gospel that saith they do not consist. 2. As to the Promise, God indeed hath promised to Christ, to give him a seed, and to draw them to him, &c. But the Covenant made with particular men, and sealed and solemnized in baptism doth not promise Faith and Repentance, which are first given, but prerequire them as the necessary qualification of the adult. And this is the Covenant that we speak of. 3. It is a Condition of Pardon, Justification and Acceptance, that ⟨p. 19⟩we enquire of. Therefore it is the Promise of these that we must mean: Now I ask whether the Promise of Pardon and Justification be a Promise of Faith, or whether it be not a Promise to pardon and justify Believers only and their Seed, and so prerequireth Faith.

Ans. 1. As to the giving of Faith, it well stands with Gods method both to Command it as a duty, and to make it a Condition of his Promise, and to give his Word and Spirit to cause us to perform it. It is a fiction that these may not consist, and he subverteth the Gospel that saith they do not consist. 2. As to the Promise, God indeed hath promised to Christ, to give him a seed, and to draw them to him, &c. But the Covenant made with particular men, and sealed and solemnized in baptism doth not promise Faith and Repentance, which are first given, but prerequire them as the necessary qualification of the adult. And this is the Covenant that we speak of. 3. It is a Condition of Pardon, Justification and Acceptance, that ⟨p. 19⟩we enquire of. Therefore it is the Promise of these that we must mean: Now I ask whether the Promise of Pardon and Justification be a Promise of Faith, or whether it be not a Promise to pardon and justifie Believers only and their Seed, and so prerequireth Faith.

Obj. But you call the many parts of one Covenant by the name of many Covenants. Ans. I hope we shall not be called in matters of Catechism to Metaphysical or Logical quibbles de Unitate & Individuatione. Which is too hard for mens wits about things natural or moral. That is one in some respect which is many in others. There is some sort of Unity of all the Universe, even of all Creatures: And so there is of all Gods Laws and Covenants: either the Objectiors speak de nomine or de re: If but of the Name [One,] they shall call it One if that will please them, and let them only distinguish the Parts of that One: If they ill say that the Covenant made by the Father with the Mediator, and the Law made for him, are one and the same with the Covenant made by the Fat and Son and Holy Spirit with us, and that our Baptismal Covenant is no Covenant, but only a part of the Covenant of which that with Christ aforesaid is another part, I will not use their phrase, but let me understand them that it is only the Name of [One or Two] that they contend about, and we will fit our words accordingly: I think on several accounts they are to be called Divers Covenants: If they dislike it, let us enquire whether the various Precepts of one Covenant make not various duties to Christ and to us; and whether the various Promises of it have not various Conditions, some to be performed by Christ and some by us. Our present Question is, Whether that part of the