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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
I Question not but still you pursue that thriving course in Religion, which many are wanting to themselves in; and that is to keep off from unedifying disputes and Questions, which have added nothing to ⟨image 5⟩Christianity, but discord, scruple, and a loss of the vitals of Godliness, besides the expense of precious hours, which you have improved to more considerable advantages. You run well, let nothing hinder you.
I Question not but still you pursue that thriving course in Religion, which many are wanting to themselves in; and that is to keep off from unedifying disputes and Questions, which have added nothing to ⟨image 5⟩Christianity, but discord, scruple, and a losse of the vitalls of Godlinesse, besides the expence of precious houres, which you have improved to more considerable advantages. You run well, let nothing hinder you.
Hold fast that which you have wrought, that you may receive a full reward: Live as much as you can to the interests of another world; For the Land of IMMANUEL is an excellent soil, the purest air is above, where the Spirit breaths freely, and the soul enjoys a condition proportionable to it self, in as much as nothing can fit it, but that which bears some similitude to its being.
Hold fast that which you have wrought, that you may receive a full reward: Live as much as you can to the interests of another world; For the Land of IMMANUEL is an excellent soyle, the purest aire is above, where the Spirit breaths freely, and the soule injoyes a condition proportionable to it selfe, in as much as nothing can fit it, but that which bears some similitude to its being.