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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.
The good things promised in this Covenant are temporal or spiritual: but the temporal as types of spiritual. First God promised to give them the Land of Canaan for their inheritance, and therein length of days, riches, and honour, victory over their enemies, protection and peace. If ye shall diligently keep all these 1Commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him: Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier then your selves. Every place 2whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the utmost sea, shall your coasts be. There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you, and the dread of you upon all the Land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said. Thou shalt keep therefore his Statutes and his Commandments which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with 3thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever. And it shall be, 4when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the Land which he sware unto thy Fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give 5thee great and goodly Cities which thou buildedst not, and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, Vine-yards, and Olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, &c. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken unto these judgements, and keep and do them: That the Lord thy God shall keep unto 6thee the Covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy Fathers: And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy Land, thy Corn, and thy Wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the Land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all people, and there shall not be male or female barren amongst you, or among your cattle. And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt,