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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.
or where we shall find, that all such1 be brought under a new Covenant. It is also as plain, that he speaks of the surrogation of the Gentiles in the place of the Jews, and is to be understood of the world opposed to the Jewish Nation. That world concerning whom the Lord had spoken before to Abraham, saying, In thy seed shall all the Nations of 2the earth be blessed: That world, which the Prophets foretold should be added to the Church, and given to the Messiah; This world, I say, which God hath promised to bless, and add to the Kingdom of the Messiah, he hath reconciled unto himself, ⟨p. 219⟩to wit, as they are blessed in Abraham's seed, actually and effectually.
or where we shall find, that all such1 be brought under a new Covenant. It is also as plaine, that he speakes of the surrogation of the Gentiles in the place of the Jewes, and is to be understood of the world opposed to the Jewish Nation. That world concerning whom the Lord had spoken before to Abraham, saying, In thy seed shall all the Nations of 2the earth be blessed: That world, which the Prophets foretold should be added to the Church, and given to the Messiah; This world, I say, which God hath promised to blesse, and adde to the Kingdome of the Messiah, he hath reconciled unto himselfe, ⟨p. 219⟩to wit, as they are blessed in Abrahams seed, actually and effectually.