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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.
True Intercession as it is a public and authoritative act is founded upon the satisfactory merits of the person interceding: He cannot be a right Advocate, who is not a propitiation too. The Spirit is our Advocate by energy and operation, by instruction and assistance, as by his counsel, inspiration, and assistance he enableth the faithful to plead their own cause. But Christ is our Advocate by office, as he taketh upon himself the cause of his Church, in his own person applieth his merits in heaven, and furthers the cause of our Salvation with his Father. The Spirit maketh interrelation for men in and by themselves, emboldening them in their fears, helping them in their infirmities, when they know not what to pray, and giving them access unto the Father, Ephes. 2. 18. Heb. 10. 15. 19. Rom. 8. 26. Ephes. 3. 16. and is their Advocate, as he leadeth them into all truth, and teacheth them so to plead their cause, that they have wherewith to defend and comfort themselves, Joh. 14. 16. against the criminations and tyranny of the world, Joh. 16 7 8 But Christ by his Intercession applieth his satisfaction made, and lays the salve to the very sore. ⟨p. 298⟩And so the Intercession of Christ implies three things. The perpetual vigour of his sacrifice; the will of Christ fervently desiring that all his members might be accepted for the virtue of his sacrifice: and the will of God resting well pleased with us in his beloved Sonne.
True Intercession as it is a publike and authoritative act is founded upon the satisfactory merits of the person interceding: He cannot be a right Advocate, who is not a propitiation too. The Spirit is our Advocate by energie and operation, by instruction and assistance, as by his counsell, inspiration, and assistance he enableth the faithfull to pleade their own cause. But Christ is our Advocate by office, as he taketh upon himselfe the cause of his Church, in his owne person applieth his merits in heaven, and furthers the cause of our Salvation with his Father. The Spirit maketh interellation for men in and by themselves, emboldening them in their feares, helping them in their infirmities, when they know not what to pray, and giving them accesse unto the Father,