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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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Quest. Wherefore the Lord will have us pursue after holiness? and what needeth it? if the Spirit of holiness dwell in me by an Everlasting Covenant (if it did withdraw from us as it did from Adam, it was another matter, but) though it may be quenched in us, yet it abideth for ever; what need then of gifts of holiness?
Quest. Wherefore the Lord will have us pursue after holines? and what needeth it? if the Spirit of holines dwell in me by an Everlasting Covenant (if it did withdraw from us as it did from Adam, it was another matter, but) though it may be quenched in us, yet it abideth for ever; what need then of gifts of holinesse?
Answ. That one word may be sufficient which we find, 2 Tim. 2. If any man purge himself from these evils, he shall be &c. This showeth us why gifts of holiness are requisite to be in Gods people, namely, that they might become meet instruments in the hand of God, and fitted unto every good word and work; therefore it is, that the Lord will have us to be filled with all the gifts of righteousness, and fruits of his Spirit; that we might be the more fit Temples for the holy Ghost to dwell in, and this is the principal Reason of the point.
Answ. That one word may be sufficient which we finde, 2 Tim. 2. If any man purge himselfe from these evills, he shall be &c. This sheweth us why gifts of holines are requifite to be in Gods people, namely, that they might become meet instruments in the hand of God, and fitted unto every good word and worke; therefore it is, that the Lord will have us to be filled with all the gifts of righteousnes, and fruits of his Spirit; that we might be the more fit Temples for the holy Ghost to dwell in, and this is the principall Reason of the point.