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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.
But will not all men think the worse of Christian profession?
No, David will have all men know it, that they may see the difference between all worldly confidences, and the confidence of Christians; all the glory of worldly men will leave them to be like the Beasts that perish, and cannot redeem their souls, that the Lord only might be exalted in his Redeemed.
No, David will have all men know it, that they may see the difference between all worldly confidences, and the confidence of Christians; all the glory of worldly men will leave them to be like the Beasts that perish, and cannot redeem their soules, that the Lord onely might be exalted in his Redeemed.
2 As a Christian looketh not for salvation by his obedience to the Law, nor feareth condemnation by his disobedience: ⟨p. 129⟩So neither doth he seek for any blessing from his obedience, nor fear any curse from his disobedience. And therefore if there be any Promises of blessing made to any obedience (though God should help him to as much obedience as might be) he doth not look for any blessing from that obedience, Rom. 4.4,5,6. He looketh not for his blessedness from his works, though he should perform all the conditions to which the Promises are made, yet he expecteth all his blessing from free Justification and union with the Lord Jesus Christ: Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin; this is the blessedness of Christians. It is true, the Lord doth bless the workings of his servants, and accept them, Mat. 25.34,35,36.— Thus Christ blesseth them, but they are not sensible of their good deeds, so as to expect blessings for their obedience sake, and therefore they make answer, and say, Lord when saw we thee an hungry, and fed thee, or thirsty, and gave thee drink &c? Neither do they fear the curse of God, or that their sins should separate them from God; those that are under the law indeed are cursed,