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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.
But what then, doth Christ compel men to subject themselves unto him? In no sort, but of unwilling he makes them willing, totally or throughly willing. The people of Christ are free and1 voluntary, who offer themselves willingly unto the Lord, and yield themselves unto his service. Therefore they are said to come unto Christ, to run unto him, to serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind.
But what then, doth Christ compell men to subject themselves unto him? In no sort, but of unwilling he makes them willing, totally or throughly willing. The people of Christ are free and1 voluntary, who offer themselves willingly unto the Lord, and yeeld themselves unto his service. Therefore they are said to come unto Christ, to runne unto him, to serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing minde.
Men are gathered into the Kingdom of Christ by effectual holy vocation, whereby Christ doth not only invite them by his Word to repent and believe, but by his Spirit doth assuredly bring1 them unto himself, or unto the participation of the Covenant of mercy. Vocation according to the purpose of God is free, not