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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
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Thirdly, Free forgiveness of sins is likewise promised in this Covenant. This is implied in that he promiseth to be their God: for if he be theirs, he will be favourable to their iniquities, and remember their sins no more. And so much is expressed, when upon repentance and turning unto him, he hath proclaimed himself ready to receive them into favour. If from thence 1thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. And it shall come to 2pass, when all these things shall come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children: That then the Lord thy God will turn thy Captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all nations. When thy people ⟨p. 132⟩Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned 3against thee: and shall turn again unto thee, and confess thy Name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the Land. Moreover, the Lord made himself known to be the God, that pardoneth iniquity, transgression, and sin, when he gave this Covenant unto his people. But of this before.
Thirdly, Free forgivenesse of sinnes is likewise promised in this Covenant. This is implyed in that he promiseth to be their God: for if he be theirs, he will be favourable to their iniquities, and remember their sinnes no more. And so much is expressed, when upon repentance and turning unto him, he hath proclaimed himselfe ready to receive them into favour. If from thence 1thou shalt seeke the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seeke him with all thine heart, and with all thy soule. And it shall come to 2