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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.
2. Its the holy Ghost that Acteth the gifts given to us, and enableth them in us: for the holy Ghost, who keepeth possession, doth derive continued strength into our faith, which putteth life into all the gifts of God: and if you shall ask, how love, and patience, and all the rest of the gifts of God do work? The holy Ghost stirreth up faith to look unto Christ, who returneth strength by his Spirit unto faith, & so faith worketh by love, and by meekness, and by all the rest of the fruits of the Spirit: thus the Spirit of God acteth according to what we read, Rom. 8.14. Come to any holy duty, and it is the holy Ghost that leadeth you along and acteth in you; so Ezek. 36.27. & 2 Pet. 1.2•. it is the Spirit of God that moveth us to any good work, and that acteth the gifts of his grace in us.
2. Its the holy Ghost that Acteth the gifts given to us, and enableth them in us: for the holy Ghost, who keepeth possession, doth derive continued strength into our faith, which putteth life into all the gifts of God: and if you shall aske, how love, and patience, and all the rest of the gifts of God doe worke? The holy Ghost stirreth up faith to looke unto Christ, who returneth strength by his Spirit unto faith, & so faith worketh by love, and by meeknes, and by all the rest of the fruits of the Spirit: thus the Spirit of God acteth according to what we read, Rom. 8.14. Come to any holy duty, and it is the holy Ghost that leadeth you along and acteth in you; so Ezek. 36.27. & 2 Pet. 1.2•. it is the Spirit of God that moveth us to any good worke, and that acteth the gifts of his grace in us.