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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
A TREATISE OF THE Covenant of GRACE. › Chapter 4: Of the Covenant of Promise.
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.
In this Covenant there is a mutual compact betwixt God and man: God in mercy promising, and man in duty binding himself unto the Lord.
In this Covenant there is a mutuall compact betwixt God and man: God in mercy promising, and man in duty binding himself unto the Lord.
It was made with man a sinner, and reacheth to the faithful and their seed, as God hath promised to accept the children of believing parents, upon due and religious tender of them made unto his Highness according as he hath prescribed: but saving effectually it was made with them only, who believe in him that justifieth the ungodly, be the heirs of salvation, and walk in the steps of our Father Abraham.
It was made with man a sinner, and reacheth to the faithfull and their seed, as God hath promised to accept the children of beleeving parents, upon due and religious tender of them made unto his Highnesse according as he hath prescribed: but saving effectually it was made with them only, who beleeve in him that justifieth the ungodly, be the heires of salvation, and walke in the steps of our Father Abraham.
This Covenant doth beget children to liberty, doth administer the righteousness of faith, and the inheritance by faith: hope, peace of conscience, life in Christ, and spiritual joy is the effect thereof.
This Covenant doth beget children to liberty, doth administer the righteousnesse of faith, and the inheritance by faith: hope, peace of conscience, life in Christ, and spirituall joy is the effect thereof.