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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 The other Positive gift is Glorification, which we read of, Rom. 8.30. This the Apostle Peter mentioneth, 1 Pet. 5.10. as that whereunto we are called, — and in truth he hath begun the work from the time that he first began to call and sanctify us, 2 Tim. 1.9. From the very first time that God worketh upon the soul graciously, there is a glorious work in that soul, and others may see it though himself seeth nothing that he hath received.
2 The other Positive gift is Glorification, which we read of, Rom. 8.30. This the Apostle Peter mentioneth, 1 Pet. 5.10. as that whereunto we are called, — and in truth he hath begun the work from the time that he first began to call and sanctifie us, 2 Tim. 1.9. From the very first time that God worketh upon the soule gratiously, there is a glorious work in that soul, and others may see it though himselfe seeth nothing that he hath received.
Thus we see the second branch of the Doctrine opened, how the Lord doth receive Abraham and his seed unto himself, preparing them by a spirit of bondage and of burning, and then savingly by the inhabitation of the blessed Spirit, the same Spirit begetting Faith, we are alive in Jesus Christ, and so come to be adopted and justified in him. Afterwards the same Faith which at first only receiveth Adoption and Justification, doth now begin to stir a little, and to breath forth into gracious desires ⟨p. 36⟩and some holy mourning, and beginneth now to put forth such works as the Holy Ghost carrieth the soul an end in, working all our works in us and for us.