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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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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.
Thus we see how the Saints of God have made use of their Sanctification; they are careful to see that it flow from Christ, and yet when they have it they dare not trust in their best gifts for the least duty, neither do they look for their Faith from their best gifts, but they expect their best gifts to flow from their Faith: They make use of the testimony of their holiness when they see Christ in it, and Faith in it, and the Spirit of God carrying them along in the ways and duties thereof. Thus they see their holiness, and take comfort in it, & from the witness of it, as that by which the Lord dispenseth comfort unto his people, when they receive it from the hands of Christ, & by Faith in him, by which they are taught of God to carry an end their whole conversation in his name.
Thus we see how the Saints of God have made use of their Sanctification; they are carefull to see that it flow from Christ, and yet when they have it they dare not trust in their best gifts for the least duty, neither doe they look for their Faith from their best gifts, but they expect their best gifts to flow from their Faith: They make use of the testimony of their holinesse when they see Christ in it, and Faith in it, and the Spirit of God carrying them along in the ways and duties thereof. Thus they see their holinesse, and take comfort in it, & from the witnesse of it, as that by which the Lord dispenseth comfort unto his people, when they receive it from the hands of Christ, & by Faith in him, by which they are taught of God to carry an end their whole conversation in his name.
5 Furthermore, as we receive it from Christ, and trust not in it, but in Christ, ⟨p. 165⟩and receive the witness of it in Christ, and in the Holy Spirit of Christ; and as we receive joy and comfort also which the Lord doth minister to us in a Sanctified course by his Holy Spirit, so we grow up and perfect our holiness which we have received in his name.
5 Furthermore, as we receive it from Christ, and trust not in it, but in Christ, ⟨p. 165⟩