A47465:776
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by S. Bridge, 1698
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.
VI. The Covenant of Works, as to the Tenure of it runs thus, i. e. Do this and live; but the Covenant of Grace runs thus in the Tenure of it,1 i. e. Believe and be saved; Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.
The One puts Men upon working, or doing for Life; the other puts them upon believing, and working from Life.
The first promises Rewards for the Creatures Obedience, and threatens Wrath and Death for the Creatures Disobedience.
The second promises Rewards of Grace to Believers, for what Christ hath done, or through his Merits; and threatens Wrath for not believing,