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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 Now for the Positive blessings that are wrought in us, they are:⟨p. 34⟩ 1 Sanctification. 2 Glorification.
When we are called, then are we sanctified, then are we glorified, 1 Cor. 1.2. As in our natural conception, as soon as ever the Child liveth, Adams sin is first imputed, and then there is a proneness in it to carry it captive unto sin, and to make it backward unto any goodness: so when the life of Christ is dispensed unto the soul, now the Lord cometh to convey with it Justification, and in it pardon of sin, and then there is a proneness in a justified person to be lively in duty. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit, and by faith our hearts come to be purified, Acts 15.9. and the same Spirit quickeneth us unto holy duties; so that we live, yet not we, but Christ liveth in us, yea the Spirit sanctifying draweth us into an holy Confederacy to serve God in family, Church, & Common-wealth; and this sanctification groweth and increaseth more and more; for as corruption of Nature springeth from the imputation of Adams unrighteousness, so doth sanctification spring from the imputation of Christs righteousness ⟨p. 35⟩and thence floweth a proneness unto that which is good, and a backwardness unto that which is evil; this is Sanctification.
When we are called, then are we sanctified, then are we glorified, 1 Cor. 1.2. As in our naturall conception, as soon as ever the Child liveth, Adams sin is first imputed, and then there is a pronenesse in it to carry it captive unto sin, and to make it backward unto any goodnesse: so when the life of Christ is dispensed unto the soule, now the Lord cometh to convey with it Justification, and in it pardon of sin, and then there is a pronenesse in a justified person to be lively in duty. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit, and by faith our hearts come to be purified,