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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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1 That God doth give Himself, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the whole Nature of God and all the Persons: the God-head, with all the Attributes of that Nature, and all the Offices of those persons; for it is not a confused God that vanisheth away in a general imagination, but God distinctly considered, in his Persons, Attributes, Properties, &c. Thus the Lord giveth himself to Abraham and to his seed, I will be a father unto you, 2 Cor. 6.18. and that is not spoken unto the Jews only, but unto all the Israel of God: He giveth the Son also, Isa. 9.6. Joh. 3.16. And for the Holy ⟨p. 9⟩Spirit, Jo. 16.7.13. Isa. 59.21. This is my Covenant with them saith the Lord, My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words that I have put into thy mouth shall not depart, &c. And this is it which the Apostle also saith, Gal. 4.6. Thus the Lord giveth himself unto his Servants from one Generation to another. If therefore the Lord, God the Father give himself, he will not be wanting to draw his people unto the Son, Jo. 6.44. and what is the chief business and work that the Son hath to do about us? No man can have fellowship with the Father, but he must have fellowship with Jesus Christ, so our Saviour himself saith, John 14.6. No man can come unto the Father, but by me: This therefore the Lord Jesus Christ will do for all the elect seed of Abraham, he will open their eyes to see, that the Father did not draw them to damnation or utter desolation (though at first that be their greatest fear) but unto salvation by him. This hath he promised to do, and if it be the work of the Spirit of God to establish us both in the Father and the Son, then will he convince the world of sin, of righteousness, ⟨p. 10⟩and of judgement,