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The covenant of Gods free grace most sweetly unfolded and comfortably applied to a…
The covenant of Gods free grace most sweetly unfolded and comfortably applied to a disquieted soul from that text of 2 Sam. 23. Ver. 5. : also a doctrinal conclusion that there is in all such who are effectually called, in-dwelling spiritual gifts [sic] and graces wrought and created in them by the Holy Ghost / by that reverend and faithful minister of Gods word, Mr. John Cotton, Teacher of the Church at Boston in New-England ; whereunto is added, A profession of faith, made by the reverend divine, Mr. John Davenport, in New-England, at his admission into one of the Churches there.The covenant of Gods free grace most sweetly unfolded and comfortably applied to a disquieted soul from that text of 2 Sam. 23. Ver. 5. : also a doctrinall conclusion that there is in all such who are effectually called, in-dwelling spirituall gifs [sic] and graces wrought and created in them by the Holy Ghost / by that reverend and faithful minister of Gods word, Mr. John Cotton, Teacher of the Church at Boston in New-England ; whereunto is added, A profession of faith, made by the reverend divine, Mr. John Davenport, in New-England, at his admission into one of the Churches there.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1645London: printed for Iohn Hancock, 1645
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6. Concerning mans restitution.
That all mankind being thus fallen, yet the elect, and only they, are redeemed, reconciled to God, and saved, not of themselves, neither by their own works, but only by the mighty power of God, of his unsearchable, rich, free grace and mercy, through faith in Jesus Christ, who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; in the relation both of a surety to satisfy God justice for us, and of an head to restore the Image of God that was lost, and repair the nature that was corrupted in us.
That all mankind being thus fallen, yet the elect, and only they, are redeemed, reconciled to God, and saved, not of themselves, neither by their own works, but only by the mighty power of God, of his unsearchable, rich, free grace and mercy, through faith in Jesus Christ, who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; in the relation both of a surety to satisfie God justice for us, and of an head to restore the Image of God that was lost, and repair the nature that was corrupted in us.
7. Concerning the Person and Natures in Christ.
That the Lord Jesus, of whom Moses and the Prophets wrote, and whom the Apostles preached, is, as touching his Person, the everlasting Son of God the Father, by eternal generation, coessential, coequal, and coeternal, God with him, and with the holy Ghost; by whom he made the world, and by whom he upholdeth and governs all the works he hath made: who also, when the fullness of time was come, was made of a woman, of the Tribe of Judah, of the seed of David and Abraham, viz. of Mary, that blessed Virgin, by by the Holy Ghost coming upon her, and the power of the most high overshadowing her; and was in all things like unto us, sin only excepted; so that in the person of Christ, the two natures, the divine and humane, are truly, perfectly, indivisibly, and distinctly united.