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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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Thus we see that promises are not ⟨p. 96⟩vain things, but there are great use of them, before our Union all promises are of excellent use: in our Union the Lord giveth himself in an absolute promise only, but to take Christ in a Conditional promise, by virtue of the Condition, is incompatible to a Covenant of Grace.
Thus we see that promises are not ⟨p. 96⟩vaine things, but there are great use of them, before our Union all promises are of excellent use: in our Union the Lord giveth himselfe in an absolute promise onely, but to take Christ in a Conditionall promise, by vertue of the Condition, is incompatible to a Covenant of Grace.
3 After our union with Christ, they are of more abundant use. They were of use before we were in Christ, for Doctrine, and for Instruction, and for Exhortation, but now they are of more efficacy in the same kind, and
1 They serve us for Doctrine, to teach us that there is not only free grace in Christ, but there are gifts of grace in him, and all the treasures of the good things of God are in him, and all the blessings of the promises made unto Qualifications, are laid up in him also.
1 They serve us for Doctrine, to teach us that there is not onely free grace in Christ, but there are gifts of grace in him, and all the treasures of the good things of God are in him, and all the blessings of the promises made unto Qualifications, are layd up in him also.