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The everlasting covenant, a sweet cordial for a drooping soul, or, The excellent nature…
The everlasting covenant, a sweet cordial for a drooping soul, or, The excellent nature of the covenant of grace opened in a sermon preached January the 29th, at the funeral of Mr. Henry Forty, late pastor of a Church of Christ, at Abingdon, in the county of Berks, who departed this life Jan. 25th 1692/3 and was interred at Southwark ... : to which is added, An elegy on the death of the said minister / by Benjamin Keach ...The everlasting covenant, a sweet cordial for a drooping soul, or, The excellent nature of the covenant of grace opened in a sermon preached January the 29th, at the funeral of Mr. Henry Forty, late pastor of a Church of Christ, at Abingdon, in the county of Berks, who departed this life Jan. 25th 1692/3 and was interr'd at Southwark ... : to which is added, An elegy on the death of the said minister / by Benjamine Keach ...
London: printed for H. Barnard, 1693
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2. A Testator among Men, cannot Enjoy or Possess that Kingdom▪ Estate or Inheritance himself after his Death, which he hath given away▪ but Christ the Spiritual Testator, tho' he hath given the Possession of Glory, &c. to Believers by his last Will and Testament; yet is he a Co•Heir of the same Glory and blessed Inheritance himself, and shall possess it jointly with them.
2. A Testator among Men, cannot Enjoy or Possess that Kingdom▪ Estate or Inheritance himself after his Death, which he hath given away▪ but Christ the Spiritual Testator, tho' he hath given the Possession of Glory, &c. to Believers by his last Will and Testament; yet is he a Co•Heir of the same Glory and blessed Inheritance himself, and shall possess it joyntly with them.
A Testator among Men, can't see his own Will executed, but he leaves it to others to be Executors of it: but Christ, by his Spirit, sees his Will executed for tho' he was dead, He is alive; and behold, he liveth for evermore: he is also a Party with us, he is the Head, we are his Members; and now to close with this, consider the Covenant of Grace was first made with Christ, and with us in him; thus it runs, i. e. Christ purchases and we possess; Christ in this Covenant obtains all by his Work and Merits, we have all of mere Grace: 'Tis Grace in the Original, in the first making of it with Christ for us; 'tis of Grace in the Execution of it, Confirmation, Publication, and in the Application, in order to our actual Interest.
A Testator among Men, can't see his own Will executed, but he leaves it to others to be Executors of it: but Christ, by his Spirit, sees his Will executed for tho' he was dead, He is alive; and behold, he liveth for evermore: he is also a Party with us, he is the Head, we are his Members; and now to close with this, consider the Covenant of Grace was first made with Christ, and with us in him; thus it runs, i. e. Christ purchases and we possess; Christ in this Covenant obtains all by his Work and Merits, we have all of meer Grace: 'Tis Grace in the Original, in the first making of it with Christ for us; 'tis of Grace in the Execution of it, Confirmation, Publication, and in the Application, in order to our actual Interest.