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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.
Christ makes the Covenant Effectual or Efficacious to all his Members, filling all who believe, ⟨p. 196⟩with all grace by the Spirit, leaving not one believing Soul empty of what is truly good. Doth the Soul want light? Christ will give it; He is the Light of the Gentiles: The Light of the World. Doth he want Liberty? Christ releases the Captives. Doth he need Rest? Christ gives the weary and heavy laden rest:1 In a word, Christ in the Covenant is Food to the Hungry, Clothes to the Naked, Strength to the Weak, Health to the Sick, Courage to the Faint-hearted, Succour to the Tempted, Beauty to the Deformed, Riches to the Poor, Peace to the Troubled, Life to the Dead Christ is all in this Covenant.
Christ makes the Covenant Effectual or Efficatious to all his Members, filling all who believe, ⟨p. 196⟩with all grace by the Spirit, leaving not one believing Soul empty of what is truly good. Doth the Soul want light? Christ will give it; He is the Light of the Gentiles: The Light of the World. Doth he want Liberty? Christ releases the Captives. Doth he need Rest? Christ gives the weary and heavyladen rest:1 In a word, Christ in the Covenant is Food to the Hungry, Cloaths to the Naked, Strength to the Weak, Health to the Sick, Courage to the Faint-hearted, Succor to the Tempted, Beauty to the Deformed, Riches to the Poor, Peace to the Troubled, Life to the Dead Christ is all in this Covenant.
III. It is a Full Covenant; because it answers not only all the wants of the Soul, but of the Body also: