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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.
CHAP. XI. Of Truth and Uprightness.
CHAP. XI. Of Truth and Vprightnesse.
IT hath often been said, that God accepteth true, unfeigned and upright obedience, and when the servants of God entreat mercy, we find they allege the truth, uprightness, and integrity of their hearts, to show they were rightly qualified to make a faithful plea for mercy: therefore (I conceive) it will not be out of place here to show what Truth and Uprightness is, and then proceed to the doctrine of the new Covenant.
IT hath often been said, that God accepteth true, unfained and upright obedience, and when the servants of God intreat mercy, we find they alleadge the truth, uprightnesse, and integrity of their hearts, to shew they were rightly qualified to make a faithfull plea for mercy: therefore (I conceive) it will not be out of place here to shew what Truth and Uprightnesse is, and then proceed to the doctrine of the new Covenant.
Truth the Septuagint renders righteousness: for uprightness1 and integrity they put truth: and for the paths of judgement, they have it, the paths of truth. And in this sense to do truth, Joh. 3. 21. is, not to do perversely, to do right, justice, integrity, as to deal perversely or unjustly,