I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

This Covenant, saith the Lord, is as the Covenant which he made with Noah: Did he promise Noah that the World should be drowned no more upon Conditions of our Faith or Obedience? No, but saith the Lord, I will not again curse the ground any more for mans sake, although the Imaginations of mans heart be evil, Gen. 8.21. It may be you will translate the Hebrew [Greek or Hebrew], because; but it comes all to one.

This Covenant, saish the Lord, is as the Covenant which he made with Noah: Did he promise Noah that the World should be drowned no more upon Conditions of our Faith or Obedience? No, but saith the Lord, I will not again curse the ground any more for mans sake, although the Imaginations of mans heart be evil, Gen. 8.21. It may be you wil translate the Hebrew 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, because; but it comes al to one.

In the Covenant of Grace, the Lord saith, He will write his Laws in our hearts, there is Converting mercy promised; and that we shall all know him, there is enlightening Mercy promised: both the Habit, and the Act of Grace promised, and he gives this reason; For I will be merciful to your unrighteousness; and your sin, and iniquity, I will remember no more, Heb. 8.11, 12. Now if forgiving mercy be the reason of sanctifying Mercy, if our forgiveness be the cause of our holiness, then no act of our Grace or Holiness, can be the Condition of our forgiveness, or of the Covenant.

In the Covenant of Grace, the Lord saith, He wil write his Laws in our hearts, there is Converting mercy promised; and that we shal al know him, there is enlightening Mercy promised: both the Habit, and the Act of Grace promised, and he gives this reason; For I will be merciful to your unrighteousness; and your sin, and iniquity, I will remember no more,