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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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Quest. Now it may be demanded, How did the Lord take Abraham and his seed to be his people?
Answ. By a double Act, as 1 Of Preparation, not on Abraham's part, or on his seeds part, but on his own part, the Lord prepared them. ⟨p. 20⟩2 The Lord did invest him with the blessings of this Covenant.
Answ. By a double Act, as 1 Of Preparation, not on Abrahams part, or on his seeds part, but on his own part, the Lord prepared them. ⟨p. 20⟩2 The Lord did invest him with the blessings of this Covenant.
1 For Preparation, the Lord prepareth them by a double work of his Spirit, which are manifest in all the seed of Abraham, Elect of God.
1 By a Spirit of Bondage, whereby he cutteth off the seed of Abraham from all worldly entanglements and delights; thus God took Abraham, and brought him from beyond the Flood, and so doth he take men off from their Countries and Fathers houses, he separates them from all such things that he might draw them unto himself: Thus he dealt with the Children of Israel, and called them to be a singular people unto himself, and yet but in a Covenant of works,