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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.
by it they could never have been a Kingdom of Priests, or a peculiar people: they could never have obtained the adoption, or have inherited the Kingdom of Heaven. These are privileges vouchsafed of mere grace in Jesus Christ, in whom we are adopted, and made Kings and Priests unto God.1
by it they could never have been a Kingdome of Priests, or a peculiar people: they could never have obtained the adoption, or have inherited the Kingdome of Heaven. These are priviledges vouchsafed of meere grace in Jesus Christ, in whom we are adopted, and made Kings and Priests unto God.1
- 1Calv. I•stit. lib. 2. ca. 7. Sect. 7. Rom. 9. 4. 1 Pet. 2. 9. Revel. 1. 5. & 5. 10. Exod. •0. •.
Secondly, in the promulgation of the Law, the Lord proclaims himself to be the God of Israel, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Some hold these words to be the affirmative part of the Commandment, in which the Gospel is preached, and the promises contained therein offered. Others, that it is a Preface to the whole Law, or prefixed as a reason to persuade obedience to the first Commandment. But universally all acknowledge them to be the free Covenant, which promiseth pardon of sin, and requireth1 faith in the Messiah. God is the God of all creatures, because he made and doth conserve all: but by peculiar right he is the God of his Church, because he hath chosen it to be heir of his Kingdom: whence the people are said to be blessed, that have God for their God. The Covenant of grace is expressed in these