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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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for Christ, for himself, had no need to become a Mediator, or to enter into any Covenant with the Father; therefore, I know not what these Mens nice Distinctions signify, unless it be to amuse the World, except it be for a worser purpose, viz. To confirm their new Notion of a conditional Covenant of Faith, and sincere Obedience.
for Christ, for himself, had no need to become a Mediator, or to enter into any Covenant with the Father; therefore, I know not what these Mens nice Distinctions signifie, unless it be to amuse the World, except it be for a worser purpose, viz. To confirm their new Notion of a conditional Covenant of Faith, and sincere Obedience.
3. The Distinction lies not in Two Covenants, but in the distinct Parts of the said one entire Covenant; one part as it refers to Christ, the other as it respecteth us in the Applicatory part of it by his Grace.
3. The Distinction lies not in Two Covenants, but in the distinct Parts of the said one entire Covenant; one part as it referrs to Christ, the other as it respecteth us in the Applicatory part of it by his Grace.
2. Also, in respect of the time of the making of the Covenant, and the Revelation, Execution, and the Application thereof.