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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.
First, The love wherewith God so loved man fallen, as to give his Son to die (I speak according to their opinion) is common to all men; an incomplete will and affection, whereby God loved them as men; or a volition and intention of being reconciled. But the love mentioned in this text is a love special to some ages and some men, not common to every man in all ages. It was a special love, whereby the Lord loved the Jews as his peculiar treasure, above all Nations of the earth, in the time of the Law, Deut. 7 6. & 10. 14. & 26. 6. & 32. 8. 2 Sam. 7. 23. 1 King. 8. 53. Psal. 33. 12. & 100. 3. & 143. 5. And it is a special love, not common to all ages, much less to every man in every age, whereby the Lord hath loved the world of the Gentiles, in the days of the Gospel, to take them for his people. And this love is true love, though many pervert the grace of God to their own destruction.
First, The love wherewith God so loved man fallen, as to give his Sonne to die (I speake according to their opinion) is common to all men; an incompleate will and affection, whereby God loved them as men; or a volition and intention of being reconciled. But the love mentioned in this text is a love speciall to some ages and some men, not common to every man in all ages. It was a speciall love, whereby the Lord loved the Jewes as his peculiar treasure, above all Nations of the earth, in the time of the Law, Deut. 7 6. & 10. 14. & 26. 6