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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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2 As God thus prepareth us for himself, so he doth give himself unto us, and taketh possession of us by his blessed Spirit. The Father giveth himself and his Son by his blessed Spirit (for the Spirit it is by which he doth visit the hearts of his people) and this is the main blessing of the Covenant of ⟨p. 25⟩Grace. For the better clearing of it, this may be demanded.
2 As God thus prepareth us for himselfe, so he doth give himself unto us, and taketh possession of us by his blessed Spirit. The Father giveth himself and his Son by his blessed Spirit (for the Spirit it is by which he doth visit the hearts of his people) and this is the main blessing of the Covenant of ⟨p. 25⟩Grace. For the better cleering of it, this may be demanded.
Quest. How doth the Lord give himself unto his people, and his people back again to receive him?
Quest. How doth the Lord give himselfe unto his people, and his people back againe to receive him?
Answ 1. They being thus prepared, the Spirit of God taketh up his seat in the soul by making it a Temple unto himself, in the name of the Father and of the Son, and so are they made an habitation of God through the Spirit, Eph. 2.22. Gal. 4.6. And because ye are Sons, &c. where he speaketh not of Sons by actual regeneration, but by Gods Eternal Counsel. The same Spirit is also called the Comforter, whom Jesus Christ hath promised to send,