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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
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.
or, it was imputed, as aactive verbs amongst the Hebrews are expounded passively. The word translated imputed, is of large signification, and imports to think, reckon, Rom. 6. 11. Psal. 44. 22. Rom. 8. 36. devise, purpose, conclude, Rom. 3. 28. resolve, plot, esteem, fore-see, reason, Mark. 11. 31. consult of a matter how it may be brought to pass, look unto, and take care of. But more properly to the matter in hand it is to account unto a man, or repute unto a man, or reckon unto a man any thing to be his, or to be good payment and satisfaction for him in his accounts. And that we may the better conceive the meaning of it in this text, let us consider some other passages in which it is used: Blood shall be imputed unto that man, he hath 2shed blood. This your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor. Let not my Lord impute iniquity to me. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin. Phinehas stood up, and executed judgement, and so the plague stayed, and that was counted to him for righteousness. If the uncircumcised keep the ordinance of the Law, 3shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision. That righteousness might be imputed to them also. Sin is not imputed when there is no Law. The children of the promise are counted for the seed. Let a man so account of us, as of the Ministers of Christ. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their sins unto them. I refrain, lest any man should account of me, above that he seeth in me. At my first answering no man assisted, but all forsook me, I pray God, that it may ⟨p. 61⟩not be laid to their charge. Even as David also describeth the