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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 9: Of the Covenant that God made with David.
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5. God gave Solomon a large heart for wisdom and understanding, to go in and out before the people. Behold, I have done 1according to thy words; lo I have given thee a wise and an understanding 2heart, so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like unto thee.
5. God gave Solomon a large heart for wisedome and understanding, to goe in and out before the people. Behold, I have done 1according to thy words; loe I have given thee a wise and an understanding 2heart, so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like unto thee.
6. The Lord magnified Solomon in dignity, in the sight of all1 Israel, and gave him so glorious a Kingdom, as no King had before him in Israel. And the King gave silver and gold at Jerusalem 2as stones, and gave Cedar trees as the wild fig trees, that are abundantly in the plain. So King Solomon excelled all the Kings of the earth, in riches and wisdom. And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart. And they brought every