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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.
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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.
Seventhly, the efficacy of Christ promised is lesser then of Christ1 exhibited. In the Covenant of promise, certain promises concerning ⟨p. 35⟩corporal blessings, were made unto the Fathers: and external blessings were more esteemed, as Symbols of spiritual and heavenly: But under the New Covenant, blessings spiritual, and the gifts and graces of the Spirit are in more ample and plentiful manner poured upon the Church. Remission of sins though it was certain with God, was less felt under the Covenant of Promise, because the cloud of the Law put betwixt the mercy of God and the eye of the sold; the grace of God was more obscurely revealed, and the means of expiating sin by the death of Christ; as also because remission of sins was not really obtained by our surety, for as yet he had not made the satisfaction promised. The Spirit was poured in less plenty upon the faithful: because