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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.
But the Covenant of Grace, as to us, consisteth only of Free Promises. Hence the Elect are called,1 The Children of the Promise—Unto Abraham, and his Seed, were the Promises made: Now we Brethren, as Isaac was, 2are Children of the Promise. And hence the Covenant of Grace is called, The Covenants of Promise.3
But the Covenant of Grace, as to us, consisteth only of Free Promises. Hence the Elect are called,1 The Children of the Promise—Ʋnto Abraham, and his Seed, were the Promises made: Now we Brethren, as Isaac was, 2are Children of the Promise. And hence the Covenant of Grace is called, The Covenants of Promise.3
Note, 'Tis called Covenants, in respect of the divers Revelations, or Declarations of it, as to Adam, Abraham, David, &c. and as revealed in the Gospel, tho it is but one and the same Covenant: True, it may differ in some Accidents, but in Substance it was the same, viz. Jesus Christ promised, and Free Justification through him,