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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.
A faithful man shall abound in blessings, that is, he that dealeth1 sincerely and truly with men, and is not willing to deceive any in word or deed, carrying himself in all holy simplicity towards God, as he liveth honestly amongst his Neighbours, and that not in one thing, but in all, and is therefore in the Original Text called a man of faithfulness; he shall abound in blessings of all sorts, with plenty so far as is expedient, with good estimation, with kind friends, with spiritual graces, &c.
A faithfull man shall abound in blessings, that is, he that dealeth1 sincerely and truly with men, and is not willing to deceive any in word or deed, carrying himself in all holy simplicity towards God, as he liveth honestly amongst his Neighbours, and that not in one thing, but in all, and is therefore in the Originall Text called a man of faithfulnesse; he shall abound in blessings of all sorts, with plenty so farre as is expedient, with good estimation, with kind friends, with spirituall graces, &c.
The more sincerity, the more affinity with God: for truth is a near tie, and hath an uniting power in it. The true and sound1 Christian is the Lords near neighbour: so much the nearer, as the wicked are far off: for God will draw nigh to them, that draw nigh unto him in truth. God is the God of truth, Psal. 31. 5.2 Christ is truth,