A47465:935
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.
Now these things being granted by our Author, what cause he hath to affirm, That the Covenant of Redemption, and that of Grace, are two distinct Covenants, I will leave to all Mens Considerations.
1But further, to confute this Notion, take what another Reverend Writer hath written on this Subject. The Covenant of Grace was made and established not only with us, but jointly with Jesus Christ, and with us in him; so that both are but one and the same Covenant: For the great Transactions with Jesus, yea, even the giving and sending of him, and his accepting the Office of a Redeemer, and undertaking for us, are all of Grace, as well as what is promised to us through him; therefore the Covenant of ⟨p. 221⟩Grace must take in all that conduced (otherwise than a mere Decree) to our Restoration, and eternal Salvation.
1But further, to confute this Notion, take what another Reverend Writer hath written on this Subject. The Covenant of Grace was made and established not only with us, but joyntly with Jesus Christ, and with us in him; so that both are but one and the same Covenant: For the great Transactions with Jesus, yea, even the giving and sending of him, and his accepting the Office of a Redeemer, and undertaking for us, are all of Grace, as well as what is promised to us through him; therefore the Covenant of ⟨p. 221⟩Grace must take in all that conduced (otherwise than a meer Decree) to our Restoration, and eternal Salvation.
- 1Mr. Sam. Petto on the Covenant, p. 18.23.