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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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So far forth as the Law is not under Christ, I mean so far as it is without Christ, freely justifying us by his grace, so far a Christian is freed from under the Law. In one word, a Christian man, under a Covenant of grace, is not under a Covenant of works, Rom. 6.14. You are not under the Law, but under grace. He meaneth, not under the Covenant of the Law, nor under the power and authority of the Law, as of their Husband, Rom. 7.1,2,3,4. The husbandly ⟨p. 125⟩jurisdiction of the Law is taken away. The Law is not made for a righteous man, 1 Tim. 1.9. That is, not the Covenant of the Law; for else we are under the Commandments of the Law to Christ: But the Jewish Teachers taught more, to wit, the Covenant of the Law unto salvation: Not but that the Law is good if a man use it lawfully.
So far forth as the Law is not under Christ, I meane so far as it is without Christ, freely justifying us by his grace, so far a Christian is freed from under the Law. In one word, a Christian man, under a Covenant of grace, is not under a Covenant of works, Rom. 6.14. You are not under the Law, but under grace. He meaneth, not under the Covenant of the Law, nor under the power and authority of the Law, as of their Husband, Rom. 7.1,2,3,4. The husbandly ⟨p. 125⟩jurisdiction of the Law is taken away. The Law is not made for a righteous man, 1 Tim. 1.9. That is, not the Covenant of the Law; for else we are under the Commandments of the Law to Christ: But the Jewish Teachers taught more, to wit, the Covenant of the Law unto salvation: Not but that the Law is good if a man use it lawfully.