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A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the gradual breakings out of Gospel…A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the graduall breakings out of Gospel…
A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the gradual breakings out of Gospel grace from Adam to Christ are clearly discovered, the differences betwixt the Old and New Testament are laid open, divers errors of Arminians and others are confuted, the nature of uprightness, and the way of Christ in bringing the soul into communion with himself ... are solidly handled / by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, and minister of the Gospel, John Ball ; published by Simeon Ash.A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the graduall breakings out of Gospel grace from Adam to Christ are clearly discovered, the differences betwixt the Old and New Testament are laid open, divers errours of Arminians and others are confuted, the nature of uprightnesse, and the way of Christ in bringing the soul into communion with himself ... are solidly handled / by that faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, and minister of the Gospel, John Ball ; published by Simeon Ash.
London: printed by G. Miller for Edward Brewster, 1645
A TREATISE OF THE Covenant of GRACE. › Chapter 4: Of the Covenant of Promise.
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.
And from this ariseth a fifth difference, That as an heir not1 come to years, not differing from a servant, the Church was held under the Ceremonial Law, from which they that believe in Christ are delivered after the expiration of the time of nurture appointed of the Father.
And from this ariseth a fifth difference, That as an heire not1 come to yeares, not differing from a servant, the Church was held under the Ceremoniall Law, from which they that believe in Christ are delivered after the expiration of the time of nourture appointed of the Father.
Sixthly they differ in the number of them that are called to the participation of the Covenant. The Covenant of promise was at1 first concluded within the Families of the Patriarchs, the rest having excommunicated themselves, and then within the confines or limits of Judea: that in the Jews there might be a most illustrious type of Election, and of rejection in the Gentiles, that is, of the Church of God and Satan. But the partition wall betwixt Jew & Gentile being broken down, the Covenant of grace was made with all Nations.
Sixthly they differ in the number of them that are called to the participation of the Covenant. The Covenant of promise was at1 first concluded within the Families of the Patriarkes, the rest having excommunicated themselves, and then within the confines or limits of Iudea: that in the Iewes there might be a most illustrious type of Election, and of rejection in the Gentiles, that is, of the Church of God and Sathan. But the partition wall betwixt Iew & Gentile being broken downe, the Covenant of grace was made with all Nations.