A34674:380
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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3 Solomon himself (who if any were types of Christ therein, he was) setteth it down by direction of the Spirit as a moral duty of each King indefinitely, that (howsoever de facto, many do otherwise, yet de jure) he scattereth away all evil with his eye, Prov. 20.8. meaning all public evil which cometh within his ken; as a King or public person, whether the evil be against the first or second Table; unless any make exception, and say, that either there are no sins against the first Table coming under the Magistrates view, or though they do, yet they are not evil.
3 Solomon himselfe (who if any were types of Christ therein, he was) setteth it downe by direction of the Spirit as a morall duty of each King indefinitely, that (howsoever de facto, many doe otherwise, yet de jure) he scattereth away all evill with his eye, Prov. 20.8. meaning all publick evil which cometh within his ken; as a King or publick person, whether the evill be against the first or second Table; unlesse any make exception, and say, that either there are no sins against the first Table coming under the Magistrates view, or though they doe, yet they are not evil.
4 It was a stated doctrine in the time of Job (who by the most judicious is thought to live before Moses) and it is attested and approved by the Holy Ghost, that sins against the first Table, as Idolatry, was iniquity to be punished by the Judges, Job 31.26,27,28. as well as sins against the second Table, ⟨p. 25⟩as Adultery, ibid. vers. 9. and 11.