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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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3. It is a well ordered Covenant: for that Covenant that is ordered in all things, is well ordered, &c. but to make this further manifest, I shall show you that 'tis well ordered, 1. In respect of God (I mean) for his Glory, in all his glorious Attributes. 2. 'Tis well ordered in respect of the Glory clear Revelation, and Manifestation of the Three Persons in the God-Head, that bear witness in Heaven, the Father, the Word and the Spirit; ⟨p. 22⟩these Three are One in Essence, yet three Subsistences. 3. 'Tis well ordered to confound and destroy the grand Works and Design of the Devil. 4. 'Tis well ordered in respect of God's Holy Law, that the Sanction and Honour of the Law might not be lost or suffer the least Eclipse. 5. And lastly, 'tis well ordered for our good. A little briefly to each of these.
3. It is a well ordered Covenant: for that Covenant that is ordered in all things, is well ordered, &c. but to make this further manifest, I shall shew you that 'tis well ordered, 1. In respect of God (I mean) for his Glory, in all his glorious Attributes. 2. 'Tis well order'd in respect of the Glory clear Revelation, and Manifestation of the Three Persons in the God-Head, that bear witness in Heaven, the Father, the Word and the Spirit; ⟨p. 22⟩these Three are One in Essence, yet three Subsistances. 3. 'Tis well order'd to confound and destroy the grand Works and Design of the Devil. 4. 'Tis well order'd in respect of God's Holy Law, that the Sanction and Honour of the Law might not be lost or suffer the least Eclipse. 5. And lastly, 'tis well order'd for our good. A little briefly to each of these.
First, His Covenant is well ordered, in respect had to the Glory of all God's Attributes.
First, His Covenant is well order'd, in respect had to the Glory of all God's Attributes.