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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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Moses a meek man, none like him for meekness on the face of the earth, there is but one sin storied of him after he came to the Government of that state, and this was his failing, Hear now you Rebels, must we fetch you water out of this rock? so he lift up his hand, & with his rod he smote the rock twice, Numb. 20.10,11. They provoked Moses as meek as he was; sometimes when Aaron and Miriam dealt as peremptorily with him, he was not moved from the meekness of his spirit: But now he falleth into passion, and this was the very sin for which the Lord excluded him out of Canaan, Numb. 27.12,13,14. it was the breach of this royal grace, Chap. 20.12. Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the Children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this Congregation into the Land which I have given them. Which ⟨p. 157⟩words show us the reason of his failing in the grace wherein he so much abounded, Because ye believed me not. The Lord will have him know, that he must live by his Faith in his meekness; if any man think himself to be a meek man, and nothing shall over-wrestle him there, if you believe not in God, but in your meekness, your confidence will soon fail you.
Moses a meek man, none like him for meeknesse on the face of the earth, there is but one sin storied of him after he came to the Government of that state, and this was his failing, Heare now you Rebells, must we fetch you water out of this rock? so he lift up his hand, & with his rod he smote the rock twice, Numb. 20.10,11. They provoked Moses as meek as he was; sometimes when Aaron and Miriam dealt as peremptorily with him, he was not moved from the meeknesse of his spirit: But now he falleth into passion, and this was the very sin for which the Lord excluded him out of Canaan, Numb. 27.12,13,14. it was the breach of this royall grace, Chap. 20.12. Because ye believed me not, to sanctifie me in the eyes of the Children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this Congregation into the Land which I have given them. Which ⟨p. 157⟩