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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.
Uprightness is chiefly commanded, most highly esteemed and principally commended in the Saints. For this cause Israel was called Jeshurun, Deut. 32. 15. & 33. 5, 26. Isa. 44. 2. because uprightness is the thing, which God requireth in every true Israelite. ⟨p. 181⟩God that trieth the hearts of all th• sons of men, taketh pleasure in uprightness. The froward and unstable are abomination to his highness;1 but such as are upright in their way are his delight. The offerings of an upright heart are free and voluntary, which God graciously tendereth, & lovingly accepteth. The Sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination 2to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. God will not cast off the upright, nor leave his soul in adversity. If thou wert pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. God will make it known that he doth regard the upright, & though for a time they be in affliction, they shall not be forsaken, or left desolate. Mark the 3end of the upright, for the end of that man is peace. The wicked may flourish for a time like the Bay-tree, but suddenly they shall wither. The upright may be kept under for a time, but he shall bud and blossom apace in his season, and his prosperity shall endure. The upright shall dwell in the Land, and the perfect shall 4remain in it. The righteous shall inherit the Land, and dwell therein for ever. The Tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. The word of the Lord doth always good to them that walk uprightly, Micah 2. 7. God doth pronounce all good to them that live according to his Commandments; instructions will sink into such hearts, the promises cheer and revive them; by the doctrines they are made wise, they increase in wisdom, they grow