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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
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5. The prayers and works of the faithful are sanctified and accepted in the sight of God, the imperfections that cleave unto them being covered and removed; as the high Priest in the Law was to bear the iniquity of the holy things of the children of Israel, that they might be accepted, Exod. 28. 36, 38 Christ is the Angel of the Covenant, who hath a golden Censor to offer up the prayers of the Saints, Rev. 8. 3. And this is a benefit which runneth through the whole life of a Christian: all the ordinary works of our calling (being parts of our service unto God, for in them we work as Servants to the same Master) and works of mercy and righteousness, are unto us sanctified, and to the Father made acceptable, not-with-standing the adherencie of sin unto them, by reason of our imperfections, by the intercession of1 his Son, who hath made us Priests to offer our Sacrifices with acceptance upon this Altar, Rev. 1. 6. 1 Pet. 2. 5. Isa. 65. 7. Phil. 4. 18.
5. The prayers and workes of the faithfull are sanctified and accepted in the sight of God, the imperfections that cleave unto them being covered and removed; as the high Priest in the Law was to beare the iniquity of the holy things of the children of Israel, that they might be accepted, Exod. 28. 36, 38 Christ is the Angell of the Covenant, who hath a golden Censor to offer up the prayers of the Saints, Rev. 8. 3. And this is a benefit which runneth through the whole life of a Christian: all the ordinary workes of our calling (being parts of our service unto God, for in them we worke as Servants to the same Master) and workes of mercy and righteousnesse, are unto us sanctified, and to the Father made acceptable, not-with-standing the adherencie of sinne unto them, by reason of our imperfections, by the intercession of