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The power of Congregational churches asserted and vindicated in answer to a treatise of…
The power of Congregational churches asserted and vindicated in answer to a treatise of Mr. J. Paget entitled The defence of church-government exercised in classes and synods / by John Davenport.The power of Congregational churches asserted and vindicated in answer to a treatise of Mr. J. Paget intituled The defence of church-government exercised in classes and synods / by John Davenport.
London: printed for Rich. Chiswell and to be sold by John Usher of Boston, 1672
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2. The Covenant it self imports two things, 1. On the Lords part, it implieth, (1.) the Lords giving them his Covenant for themselves and their seed, Gen. 17.7. (2.) His giving them hearts to take hold of his Covenant, accordingly, Isa. 56.4, 5, 6, 7. where you see, the Eunuch's and the son of the stranger's taking hold of the Covenant, is fore-told, as that which should be previous to the Lord's giving them a place in his house, and bringing them into his holy Mountain (that is, joining them to his visible Churches under the New Testament) when the Church shall be called, an house of prayer to all Nations, v. 7. 2. On the Saints part; their covenanting for themselves, and for their seed, to be the Lord's People, and to walk in his ways, Deut. 29.10, 11, 12. and to cleave firmly one to another, viz. to their Officers and Brethren, Deut. 12.19. Neh. 10.29. with mutual watchfulness one over another, Lev. 19.17. Deut. 29.18. with Heb. 12.15, 16. and with mutual submission to Christ, and to one another, in him. 2 Cor. 9.13.
2. The Covenant it self imports two things, 1. On the Lords part, it implyeth, (1.) the Lords giving them his Covenant for themselves and their seed, Gen. 17.7. (2.) His giving them hearts to take hold of his Covenant, accordingly, Isa. 56.4, 5, 6, 7. where you see, the Eunuch's and the son of the stranger's taking hold of the Covenant, is fore-told, as that which should be previous to the Lord's giving them a place in his house, and bringing them into his holy Mountain (that is, joyning them to his visible Churches under the New Testament) when the Church shall be called, an house of prayer to all Nations, v. 7. 2. On the Saints part; their covenanting for themselves, and for their seed, to be the Lord's People, and to walk in his waies,