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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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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.
Thus we see the second branch of the Doctrine opened, how the Lord doth receive Abraham and his seed unto himselfe, 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 onely receiveth Adoption and Justification, doth now begin to stir a little, and to breath forth into gratious desires ⟨p. 36⟩and some holy mourning, and beginneth now to put forth such works as the Holy Ghost carryeth the soul an end in, working all our works in us and for us.
Now for the third and last part of the Doctrine, the Lord took the chiefest of Abraham's seed to be the Mediator of this Covenant, unto whom all the Promises were made, Gal. 3.16.
Now for the third and last part of the Doctrine, the Lord took the chiefest of Abrahams seed to be the Mediator of this Covenant, unto whom all the Promises were made, Gal. 3.16.