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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. It is a new compact or agreement made with Sinners, out of mere grace, wherein God promiseth to be our God, and that we shall be his people, and to give everlasting life to all that believe in Christ. Jer. 31.33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and th•y shall be my people.
A. It is a new compact or agreement made with Sinners, out of meer grace, wherein God promiseth to be our God, and that we shall be his people, and to give everlasting life to all that believe in Christ. Ier. 31.33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and th•y shall be my people.
Q 2. How doth this covenant differ from the Covenant of works?
A. They differ many ways; but principally in three things. First, The Covenant of works had no Mediator; the Covenant of Grace hath a Mediator. Heb. 12.24 And to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant. Secondly, In the former, no place was found for repentance. In the Second, God admits it. Heb. 8.10. For this is the covenant that I will make with the House of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws in their minds, and write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Ver. 12. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins will I remember no more. Thirdly, In their condition the former requires exact Obedience, the latter Faith, and sincere Obedience.