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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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but the stream is from the same fountain, though less then it. Christ ⟨p. 311⟩is anointed above his fellows. The things here compared are1 Christ and his fellows, and the mean wherein they are compared is the anointing: for which the Lord is called Christ, and we Christians: together anointed, not together anointing. We are like to Christ, and shall be liker unto him, but equal in dignity we are not, nor never shall be. Concerning his office Christ hath no fellow, he alone is Mediator: as concerning his person, there is none in heaven or earth, who dares to boast that he is the fellow of Christ: But according to his humane nature, the faithful are his fellows, whom he doth acknowledge for brethren. Our union with Christ, and the union of the humane nature with the Word differ in kind and in very deed: but both these are freely effected of God, and the one is like to the other, although the one do far excel the other. Christ is anointed as our head with most abundant grace: we as his members in degree convenient for us.
but the streame is from the same fountaine, though lesse then it. Christ ⟨p. 311⟩is annointed above his fellowes. The things here compared are1 Christ and his fellowes, and the meane wherein they are compared is the annointing: for which the Lord is called Christ, and we Christians: together annointed, not together annointing. We are like to Christ, and shall be liker unto him, but equall in dignity we are not, nor never shall be. Concerning his office Christ hath no fellow, he alone is Mediatour: as concerning his person, there is none in heaven or earth, who dares to boast that he is the fellow of Christ: But according to his humane nature, the faithfull are his fellows, whom he doth acknowledge for brethren. Our union with Christ, and the union of the humane nature with the Word differ in kind and in very deed: but both these are freely effected of God, and the one is like to the other, although the one doe farre excell the other. Christ is annointed as our head with most abundant grace: we as his members in degree convenient for us.