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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
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.
Fourthly, in the Covenant of Works, the reward is given of justice according to works, Gen. 4.7. If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou dost not well, sin lieth at the door, &c. Rom. 2.6. to the 12th, Rom. 4.4. To him that works is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt; in the Covenant of Grace, God rewards us not according to works, but according to his grace, accepting of our desires and endeavours.
Fourthly, in the Covenant of Works, the reward is given of justice according to works, Gen. 4.7. If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou dost not well, sin lieth at the door, &c. Rom. 2.6. to the 12th, Rom. 4.4. To him that works is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt; in the Covenant of Grace, God rewards us not according to works, but according to his grace, accepting of our desires and indeavours.
Fifthly, in the old Covenant, there was no remission of sin; Cursed is he that continueth not in all things that are written in the Law to do them. Now, where there is cursedness for sin,1 there is no pardon for sin: But in the Covenant of Grace there is a free forgiveness of sin, with a promise, they shall be no more remembered against us, Jer. 31.34. For I will forgive their iniquities, and remember their sins no more.