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The Covenant of Grace
The covenant of grace discovering the great work of a sinners reconciliation to God / by John Cotton ... ; whereunto are added Certain queries tending to accommodation [sic] between the Presbyterian and Congregational churches ; also a discussion of the civill magistrates power in matters of religion ; by the same author.The covenant of grace discovering the great work of a sinners reconciliation to God / by John Cotton ... ; whereunto are added Certain queries tending to accommodadation [sic] between the Presbyterian and Congregationall churches ; also a discussion of the civill magistrates power in matters of religion ; by the same author.
London: printed by M.S. for Francis Eglesfield and John Allen, 1655
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Use 4.It may serve in the next place to clear up our judgements in sundry passages ⟨p. 52⟩that do concern the Covenant of Grace, by Answers unto these 6 Questions following.
Ʋse 4.It may serve in the next place to clear up our judgements in sundry passages ⟨p. 52⟩that doe concerne the Covenant of Grace, by Answers unto these 6 Questions following.
Quest 1. What is the first gift that ever the Lord giveth unto his Elect?
Answ. First of all he giveth Himself, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit; this is the foundation, and if you shall lay saving Qualifications in the foundation before these, the foundation will lye uneasily, and the spirit of a true Christian shall not lye long in peace, Christ must therefore be first, and with him Faith to receive him; first he will make a Covenant with us, and put his holy Spirit within us, and he cometh in with Faith and Fear that we never may depart from him: He giveth us his Son, and all things else in him, he giveth us in him pardon of sins in our Justification, and in him some degrees of glory also, and in him right unto all the Promises of the Covenant; no other foundation but him. Take him first, for he is the first thing given: He taketh us by giving us Faith, and we take him by exercising our Faith on him.
Answ. First of all he giveth Himselfe, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit; this is the foundation, and if you shall lay saving Qualifications in the foundation before these, the foundation will lye uneasily, and the spirit of a true Christian shall not lye long in peace, Christ must therefore be first, and with him Faith to receive him; first he will make a Covenant with us, and put his holy Spirit within us, and he cometh in with Faith and Fear that we never may depart from him: He giveth us his Son, and all things else in him, he giveth us in him pardon of sins in our Justification, and in him some degrees of glory also, and in him right unto all the Promises of the Covenant; no other foundation but him. Take him first, for he is the first thing given: He taketh us by giving us Faith, and we take him by exercising our Faith on him.