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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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5. Is not Union with Christ, the only way to the promised Blessings? and therefore I must say with some of our late worthy Writers, the Covenant is made jointly with him and us, all the promises of God are in him, yea, and in him Amen, 2 Cor. 1.2. and shall infallibly be made good and accomplished.
5. Is not Union with Christ, the only way to the promised Blessings? and therefore I must say with some of our late worthy Writers, the Covenant is made joyntly with him and us, all the promises of God are in him, ye, and in him Amen, 2 Cor. 1.2. and shall infailably be made good and accomplished.
6. As Mr. Petto well observes the Covenant expressure from the beginning ran first to Christ, and in him to us.
1. The Promise to Adam, primarily runneth to Christ, as the Woman's Seed, and so to us in him.